Nopal

What do we mean by nopal?

Any of various cacti having edible stems, especially the prickly pears. noun

The fleshy, oval, edible pad of such a cactus. noun

One of several cactaceous plants which support the cochineal-insect. See cochineal, Nopalea, and Opuntia. noun

A cactaceous plant (Nopalea cochinellifera), originally Mexican, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it is collected. The name is sometimes given to other species of Cactaceæ. noun

A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera. noun

Cactus having yellow flowers and purple fruits noun

Any of several cacti of the genus Nopalea resembling prickly pears noun

A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia cochinellifera; the edible pads (fleshy leaves) of the cactus, considered as food.

A lower class, dumb-acting Mexican who makes it painfully obvious that they are not of wealth based on their appearance. Could also be called a cholillo or naco or luser. Urban Dictionary

A Mexican or Hispanic decent individual who goes against his or her heritage or is absorbedly ignorant of their actions goes against their peoples interest Urban Dictionary

Luis V. isnt green but is baboso. orders refills for little ceasers and has bowl cut hair. Urban Dictionary

A person that looks and is of Hispanic descent (Brown Skin or any Hispanic features) most of the time Mexican but only speaks English and barely any Spanish Urban Dictionary

A term from Mexico used to describe a self-hating Mexican mestizo or full blooded native American who has extremely obvious native American facial traits, yet denies this and pretends to be a white guy from Spain by telling you a story about his nonexistent great grandmother with blonde hair and blue eyes. In Mexico, these self-hating mestizos desperately deny their obvious native American DNA even though their ancestors were Aztec, Mayan, Purepecha, Tlaxcatec and other native American groups. Instead, they ignore that and pretend that they are 100% white from Spain. They usually call others prieto despite being dark skinned themselves. When they move to the US they only hang out with white people and always talk about how much they hate Mexico in order to get approval from their white friends who think he's a weird Uncle Tom anyways. Urban Dictionary

Translates into "Cactus on the forehead". The Nopal is a cactus that is native and synonymous with Mexico. Depending on the context, it's a term used for Mexican-Americans who have homogenized, or "sold out" themselves into American culture. 1.) Tongue-in-cheek term used by Mexicans to Mexican-Americans. Used by mainly by Mexican immigrants to tease Mexican-Americans who have become too "Americanized" and disconnected from their ancestral culture, either because they forgot how to speak Spanish fluently, or no longer observe Mexican traditions, customs and celebrations. 2.) A slur used by Mexicans to Mexican-Americans who are "American First". To some Mexicans, Mexican-Americans who identify themselves as patriotically American are "selling out" to "white oppressors" since patriotism is not a value you can have if you're not white. They also accuse Mexican-Americans that do so as deriding their Mexican heritage or roots. The type of American-born 'Mexicans' that use such a term are the ones that hold 'anti-imperial' sentiments against "Gringos". They feel that "Gringos" have no rightful claim to enforce American borders since they "stole" the lands. This, even though the only reason they live in America is because American colonization made the "stolen lands" a much better place in comparison to the rest of Mexico, and offered more opportunities for them. What hypocrites. Urban Dictionary

A very handsome being with many facial features that appeal to others. He's very stupid at times though. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to nopal:
nopal, opal, nepal, copal, nodal, notal, topal, nosal, nopat, nocal, noxal, gopal, nogal, nopac, nopa, nopl.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word nopal:
maguey, opuntia, cactus, cochineal, tacos, cacti, mesquite, pear, pads, rabbits, arid, beans, curtain, cultivated, dishes, crop, cheese, corn, snake, fruits, mexican, fruit, seeds, deer, wild, wildlife, pine, eggs, mexico, del, beat, grown, plants, occurs, municipality, spanish, word, label, mostly, records, founded, species, significant, includes, especially, san, important.

Words that rhyme with nopal:
opal, opel, constantinople, propyl, mopeful, scopal, fire opal, black opal, koeppel, ople, harlequin opal, topel, kloeppel, kopel, antelope hill, boepple, hope hill, hope hull, pope hill, radio pill.

Adjectives that are often used to describe nopal:
mexican, enormous, wild, symbolic, thorny, bounteous.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective nopal:
cactus, plant, cacti, plants, pads, leaves, hedge, juice, tree, thicket, cactuses, red, leaf, ine, intake, family, fruit, patch, van, plantation, stuff, trees, plantations.

Consonant match to nopal:
nipple, nepal, knapple, knipl, knippel, knipple, know paul, nepl, nepool.

Words that sound like nopal:
nopal, noble, nipple, nippel, knoebel, knobel, knapple, napl, nobel, nibble, nepal, nubile, nubble, nowell, nobble, nobile, nebel, nabel, nopa, nabal, nybble, knebel, knobble, nepaul, no ball, no bull, naipaul, mobile, maple, mobil, mapel, moble, mapl, noel, noelle, newbill, nipples, nobles, snapple, napa, nuptial, naples, napoli, nial, newell, knowable, nappa, nihil, nepa, newel, ennoble, nawal, nihal, know all, nipa, nowel, napoles, nosle, snowbell, knawel, noba, know-all, nahal, nippled, nopo, notal, nippily, nopi, chapel, napping, mabel, mable, nipping, chappel, whipple, hepl, chapple, maypole, chappell, hoople, mohel, hopple, maybell, topel, mobiel, hipple, happel, may pole, knapping, chappal, topal, mopa, mabble, hobel, hoppel, mopeful, huipil, notel, no till, moping.