Included among the images that Rigoberta Menchú uses in order to subtly convey her people's ethnicity is an image of Guatemala as the "land of the quetzal."
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Quetzal
/ˈkɛt.səl/
Synonyms for "quetzal" (7 found)
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More general
8 entriesMore specific
2 entriescentavoresplendent quetzal
Collocations
6 entriescentavo subunitcurrency of Guatemalaguatemalan quetzallong tailed quetzalquetzal currencyresplendent quetzal
Inflections
1 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 17 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- quetzal noun (quetzal bird)
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
1 entries- ketsaltototl noun (quetzal bird)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- quetzaltototl noun (quetzal bird)
Czech
1 entries- kvesal noun (quetzal bird)
Dutch
1 entries- quetzal noun (quetzal bird)
Finnish
1 entries- ketsaali noun (quetzal bird)
French
2 entries- couroucou royal noun (quetzal bird)
- quetzal noun (quetzal bird)
German
1 entries- Quetzal noun (quetzal bird)
K'iche'
1 entries- q’uq’ noun (quetzal bird)
Mam
1 entries- q’uq’ noun (quetzal bird)
Marathi
1 entries- केट्जाल noun (quetzal bird)
Navajo
1 entries- biʼééʼ dootłʼizhgo disxǫsígíí noun (quetzal bird)
Pipil
1 entries- ketzal noun (quetzal bird)
Polish
2 entries- kwezal noun (quetzal bird)
- quetzal noun (quetzal bird)
Romanian
2 entries- cuezal noun (quetzal bird)
- quetzal noun (quetzal bird)
Spanish
1 entries- quetzal noun (quetzal bird)
Yucatec Maya
2 entries- kuk noun (quetzal bird)
- kukuul noun (quetzal bird)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
A strikingly beautiful bird, the quetzal is the national emblem of Guatemala, appearing on its currency and postage. The quetzal ranges from southern Mexico to Costa Rica.
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This particular wild avocado species had beautiful small black fruits set in a red cap that made it easy for the quetzals to find them.
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In 2002 Guatemala officially declared the U.S. dollar as legal tender to circulate in parallel to the national currency, the quetzal. This is not likely to last for long as the quetzal is not widely accepted and is considered a weak store of value.
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