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nopales

UK/nəʊˈpɑːlɛz/

nopales noun: the leaves of a prickly pear cactus, as used in Mexican cooking.

Noun

nopales pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The leaves of a prickly pear cactus, as used in Mexican cooking.
    • After a day and a half's journey, El Espinero led Frank to a long-abandoned silver working, high over the plain, where nopales grew and lizards lay in the sun.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 441
    Synonyms:
    cactus paddles

nopales meaning in Bengali

nopales in Bengali

ফণীমনসা ক্যাকটাসের পাতা

Synonyms of nopales

  • cactus paddles

Origin of nopales

From Spanish nopales, plural of nopal.

Questions about nopales

What does nopales mean?
Nopales means the leaves of a prickly pear cactus, as used in Mexican cooking.
What is nopales in Bengali?
Nopales in Bengali is ফণীমনসা ক্যাকটাসের পাতা. See Nopales meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is nopales?
Nopales is a noun.
How do you pronounce nopales?
Nopales is pronounced /nəʊˈpɑːlɛz/ (UK).

Words near nopales in the dictionary

  1. NOP slide
  2. NOP slides
  3. nopal
  4. nopaleries
  5. nopalery
  6. nopales
  7. nopaline
  8. nopalito
  9. nopalitos
  10. nopalries
  11. nopalry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nopales (page history and authors); nopales (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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