nopal

From Spanish nopal, from Nahuatl nohpalli (“Opuntia cactus”). Compare nopales.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /noʊˈpɑl/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊpəl/

nopal (plural nopals or nopal)

1. A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera.

• Plano, Polan, onlap, plano-

From Classical Nahuatl nohpalli.

• IPA^(key): /noˈpal/

nopal m (plural nopales)

1. nopal (plant)

• nopaleda
• nopalera
• nopalito

• English: nopal

• “nopal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.