comal
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of comal
1835–45, < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl comālli
Example Sentences
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Murals on side streets depict women cooking tortillas on a comal and musicians playing guitar and accordion.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
Rather than portray such a violent scene, Nava shows Rosa arriving at her mother’s comal and finding it full of white butterflies.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025
A good tortilla, made fresh and hot off the comal, needs nothing more than a sprinkle of salt to be enjoyed.
From Salon • Jul. 16, 2023
The last two tacos fillings are not pulled from the comal choricero.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2022
Mama then cooked the tortilla on a comal on one of the two burners of our small kerosene stove.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
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