different between nopals vs nopales

English

nopals

From Spanish nopales, plural of nopal (from Nahuatl).

nopales pl (plural only)

(plural only) The leaves of a prickly pear cactus, as used in Mexican cooking.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 441:
  After a day and a half's journey, El Espinero led Frank to a long-abandoned silver working, high over the plain, where nopales grew and lizards lay in the sun.

nopales m pl

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