pretal
Spanish
Etymology
Metathesis of petral. Compare similar occurrence in pretil, apretar, pretina. Doublet of pectoral.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾeˈtal/ [pɾeˈt̪al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: pre‧tal
Noun
pretal m (plural pretales)
- (horse tack) breastplate
Further reading
- “pretal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014