cascabel

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From the Spanish cascabel (bell or rattle).

[edit] Noun

cascabel (plural cascabels)

  1. A variety of small, round, hot chili pepper (Capsicum annuum). Named so because the seeds make a rattling noise when the pepper is dried.
  2. A knob at the end of a cannon, cast onto the gunbarrel, to which ropes are attached.
  3. A bell attached to a sleigh or sleigh harness.

[edit] Synonyms

  • (cascabel pepper): chile bola, bola chile, rattle chile, coban.

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[edit] Spanish

cascabel

[edit] Etymology

Vulgar Latin cascabus.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: [kas.ka.ˈβel]

[edit] Noun

cascabel m. (plural cascabeles)

  1. jingle bell
  2. (Chile) rattle (baby's toy)

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cascabel f. (plural cascabels)

  1. rattlesnake

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