zócalo

American  

[saw-kah-law, soh-kuh-loh] / ˈsɔ kɑˌlɔ, ˈsoʊ kəˌloʊ /

noun

Mexican Spanish.

plural

zócalos

1. a public square or plaza, especially in the center of a city or town.

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Example Sentences

She is set to speak later in Mexico City’s zócalo, or central plaza.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024

This week in Mexico City’s central plaza, or zócalo, workers have been erecting a more-than 50-foot-tall replica of the emblematic Templo Mayor, the main sanctuary of the Mexicas, as the Aztecs called themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2021

As of September, the group had set up a large display dedicated to the stromatolites in Spanish and English in the town zócalo.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2019

I’m sitting in el zócalo, the town square, beneath the shadow of Oaxaca’s cathedral.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2019

The next morning, we leaned against a wall at the edge of Coyoacán’s zócalo, or main plaza, another location where Mr. Santibañez had come as a teenager.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2012