habichuela

Spanish
Habichuelas

Etymology

From haba (“bean”) +‎ -ichuela, or possibly from a Mozarabic *fabichela (cf. attested faichiela), from Vulgar Latin *fabicella, diminutive of Latin faba.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /abiˈt͡ʃwela/ [a.β̞iˈt͡ʃwe.la]
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Syllabification: ha‧bi‧chue‧la

Noun

habichuela f (plural habichuelas)

  1. (Castilla La Mancha, Murcia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) bean plant
  2. (Castilla La Mancha, Murcia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) bean seed
    Synonyms: (Spain) alubia, (Spain) judía, (Galicia) faba, (Mexico, Central America, Peru) frijol, (Colombia) fríjol, (Venezuela) caraota, (Peru) frejol, (Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador) poroto
  3. (Canary Islands, Andalusia, Cuba, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela) green bean
    Synonyms: (Spain) judía, (Mexico, Central America) ejote, (Peru) vainita, (Chile) poroto verde, (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) chaucha

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Tagalog: abitsuwelas

References
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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