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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abiˈt͡ʃwela/ [a.β̞iˈt͡ʃwe.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: ha‧bi‧chue‧la

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

Derived terms

• ganarse las habichuelas

 

Related terms

• haba

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: abitsuwelas

Further reading

• “habichuela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014