mechinal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Mozarabic [Term?], from Latin māchinālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /met͡ʃiˈnal/ [me.t͡ʃiˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: me‧chi‧nal

Noun

mechinal m (plural mechinales)

1. putlog hole (hole left in a wall for the insertion of a wooden beam)

References

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “maznar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎ (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 901

Further reading

• “mechinal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025