temazcal

Spanish

Alternative forms

• temascal, temescal

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl temāzcalli (“sweat lodge, sweat bath”), from tēma (“to pour, bathe by pouring”) + calli (“house, structure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /temaθˈkal/ [t̪e.maθˈkal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /temasˈkal/ [t̪e.masˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: te‧maz‧cal

Noun

temazcal m (plural temazcales)

1. (El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico) a sweat lodge, traditionally one made from adobe bricks

   Synonym: baño de vapor

See also

• temazcal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

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