🔹 Denominal Nouns Ending in -al

Quer praticar isso com um professor?

Aula grátis

The suffix -al forms mainly masculine nouns from noun bases. It commonly identifies:

a place where something grows, is cultivated, or is abundant (arrozal, arenal, cafetal);
a tree, shrub, or plant associated with a fruit or flower (peral, rosal, frutal).

Some derivatives include an additional linking element before -al, as in pastizal, lodazal, peñascal and robledal.

#	Spanish Noun	Noun in English	Base Noun	Base Noun in English
1	arenal	sandy area; stretch of sand	arena	sand
2	rosal	rosebush	rosa	rose
3	peral	pear tree	pera	pear
4	frutal	fruit tree	fruto	fruit
5	arrozal	rice field	arroz	rice
6	cafetal	coffee plantation	café	coffee
7	cañaveral	cane field; reed bed	caña / cañavera	cane; reed
8	maizal	cornfield; maize field	maíz	corn; maize
9	pastizal	grassland; pasture	pasto	grass; pasture
10	trigal	wheat field	trigo	wheat
11	naranjal	orange grove	naranja	orange
12	platanal	banana or plantain plantation	plátano	banana; plantain
13	palmeral	palm grove	palmera	palm tree
14	pedregal	stony ground; rocky terrain	piedra	stone
15	lodazal	muddy place; quagmire	lodo	mud
16	barrizal	muddy area; mud pit	barro	mud; clay
17	zarzal	bramble patch; bramble thicket	zarza	bramble; blackberry bush
18	juncal	rush bed; reed bed	junco	rush; reed
19	manzanal	apple orchard; apple tree	manzana	apple
20	almendral	almond grove; almond tree	almendra	almond
21	encinal	holm oak grove	encina	holm oak
22	robledal	oak grove; oak forest	roble	oak tree
23	fresal	strawberry patch	fresa	strawberry
24	herbazal	area overgrown with grass or weeds	hierba	grass; herb
25	peñascal	rocky place; craggy area	peña	rock; crag
26	cebadal	barley field	cebada	barley
27	patatal	potato field	patata	potato
28	bananal	banana plantation	banana	banana
29	cocal	coca plantation	coca	coca plant
30	tomatal	tomato patch; tomato field	tomate	tomato
31	retamal	area covered with broom shrubs	retama	broom shrub
32	jaral	rockrose thicket	jara	rockrose
33	romeral	rosemary-covered area; rosemary thicket	romero	rosemary
34	cardal	thistle patch	cardo	thistle
35	sauzal	willow grove	sauce	willow tree
36	centenal	rye field	centeno	rye

Aula experimental GRÁTIS

Oi! Sou o Franco, o professor por trás deste site.

Quer colocar em prática o que você aprendeu?

Quer me perguntar algo que você não entendeu?

Agendar aula grátis