ritual
/riˈtwal/ · B1 · adj
rite
🕯️ Same word as English ritual, from Latin ritus = rite; stress the end: ri-TWAL
Spanish and English both got this word from Latin ritualis, which comes from ritus, rite. The spelling is the same, but in Spanish the stress falls on the last syllable and the u glides into a w sound: ri-TWAL. As an adjective it means ritual, as in danza ritual.