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noun, masculine

jacal

/xaˈkal/

noun, masculine/xaˈkal/plural: jacales

jacal; hut, hovel, shack

Synonyms: cabaña, casucha, choza, cuchitril, champa

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xahcalli, a conflation of xāmitl (“adobe”) + calli (“house”).