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frijole

frijole

3 7.5
A bean used in Mexican and Latin American cooking
  • noun
  • /friˈhoʊleɪ/
  • US
translation icon : frijol
  • In my favorite dish, frijoles are combined with rice and topped with avocado.
  • tortillas and frijoles
  • frijoles are beans

Examples

  • I ate a lot of frijoles and chimichangas.

  • For dinner, I made tacos filled with spicy frijoles and cheese.

  • It's a good thing we have frijoles and tortillas to keep our strength up.

  • By the way, I got one too many cans of frijoles negros; do you mind putting that back on the shelf for me, dear?

    Blog text (28)
  • Anabella buys fried chicken, frijoles, and tortillas from the truck and shares these with Reynaldo.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • I longed for the smell and taste of home cooking, especially flour tortillas, frijoles de la olla, and carne con chile.

    Academic text (2009)
  • While she spoke, she rolled tortillas filled with papas con huevos or a little carne, arroz, and frijoles into tacos for lunch.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • This is an old mining town of about 1,000 people—lots of oranges, sugar cane, cherimoyas, and guavas—and tortillas and frijoles, which we're practically living on.

    Academic text (2002)
  • At the restaurant, I ordered beans and rice, and the frijoles were the best part of the meal.

Synonyms

bean
vsfrijole
512 1.0

An edible seed or pod from plants like peas and lentils used for food

is the specific regional type used in Mexican and Latin American cooking
kidney bean
vsfrijole
3 2.0

A large red seed shaped like a kidney that people cook and eat or the plant that grows it

is the broader regional term for that legume in Mexican and Latin cooking
frijol
vsfrijole
  • US
8.8

A plant that grows edible beans used in Latin American cooking

is the regional Spanish name used for that legume in Mexican cooking

Surface Forms

frijole singular
frijoles plural

Etymology

Frijole comes from Spanish frijol, which means 'bean' and is common in Mexican and Latin American cooking. So, frijole simply names that kind of 'bean' used in many traditional dishes.