calcañal

Spanish

Alternative forms

• carcañal

Etymology

From calcaño +‎ -al, from Latin calcāneum (“heel”).

Noun

calcañal m (plural calcañales)

1. calcaneus (posterior part of a foot)

   Synonym: calcañar

Further reading

• “calcañal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10