Polyglot Dictionary

chal

/ˈtʃal/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los chales

Meaning

  1. shawl

    • Se puso un chal de lana.

      She put on a wool shawl.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

rebozo

rebozo is a traditional Mexican shawl, a specific cultural garment; chal is the general word for "shawl."

Similar in other languages

French

châle

châle is the French word for the same thing — both mean "shawl."

Portuguese

xale

xale is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "shawl."

Practice

1 What does chal mean?

2 Fill the gap: Se puso un ___ de lana.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches chal?

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