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)
- (Castilla La Mancha, Murcia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) bean plant
- (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
- (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
- haba
Descendants
- → Tagalog: abitsuwelas
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “habichuela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014