habichuela

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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

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

Descendants

  • Tagalog: abitsuwelas

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “habichuela”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos