nopal

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish nopal, from Classical Nahuatl nohpalli (“Opuntia cactus”). Compare nopales. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /noʊˈpɑl/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnəʊpəl/ Rhymes: -əʊpəl === Noun === nopal (plural nopals or nopal) A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera; the edible pads (fleshy leaves) of the cactus, considered as food. ==== Synonyms ==== (cactus of genus Opuntia): prickly pear (edible pads of the cactus): nopales ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Plano, Polan, onlap, plano- == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French nopal. === Noun === nopal m (uncountable) nopal ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl nohpalli. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /noˈpal/ [noˈpal] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: no‧pal === Noun === nopal m (plural nopales) nopal (plant) Synonyms: chumbera, higuera chumba, higuera de Indias, higuera de pala, higuera de tuna, palera nopal (vegetable, nopal plant pads) Synonyms: tuna, nopalitos ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: nopal === Further reading === “nopal”, 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