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nagual

/nəˈɡwɑːl/

nagual is the alternative form of nahual.

Meaning of nahual

Noun

nahual (plural nahuals)

  1. An animal form which a person may take.
    • She has a nahual for every day of the week.
  2. (Mesoamerican mythology) A person who is able to take an animal form.
    • They suspected that the man was a nahual.

Forms of nagual

pluralnaguals
pluralnaguales

Words formed from nagual

Questions about nagual

What is nagual the alternative form of?
Nagual is the alternative form of nahual.
How do you pronounce nagual?
Nagual is pronounced /nəˈɡwɑːl/.

Words near nagual in the dictionary

  1. nagsters
  2. Nagtagaan
  3. Nagtengnga
  4. Nagtipunan
  5. Naguabo
  6. nagual
  7. nagualism
  8. nagualist
  9. nagualists
  10. naguals
  11. Naguey

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nagual (page history and authors); nahual (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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