comal
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of comal
1835–45, < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl comālli
Example Sentences
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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
Heat up a comal or skillet over medium heat, then toast the pasilla chiles for about 1 to 2 minutes, flipping with tongs as they toast.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2023
A bulbous cut of pork crisps on the rotating trompo over an open flame and tortillas are flipped on a Mexican comal.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2022
Young and vivacious, in a green camouflage T-shirt, she threw a couple of hierba santa leaves on a hot comal, where they wilted instantly, and began to cook eggs over them.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021
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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