habichuela
Spanish
Etymology
From haba (“bean”) + -ichuela, or possibly from a Mozarabic *fabichela (cf. attested faichiela), from Vulgar Latin *fabicella, diminutive of Latin faba[1].
Pronunciation
Noun
habichuela f (plural habichuelas)
- (Castilla La Mancha, Murcia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) bean plant
- (Castilla La Mancha, Murcia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) bean seed
- (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
Related terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: abitsuwelas
Further reading
- “habichuela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
References
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “habichuela”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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