temazcal

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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): /temaθˈkal/ [t̪e.maθˈkal] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /temasˈkal/ [t̪e.masˈkal] (Latin America, Philippines)
• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024