abejar

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin apis

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -cula

Latin apicula

Old Spanish abeja

Spanish abeja

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -āre

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish abejar

From abeja + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abeˈxaɾ/ [a.β̞eˈxaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧be‧jar

Noun

abejar m (plural abejares)

1. apiary

   Synonym: colmenar

Further reading

• “abejar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025