frijol

/fɾiˈxol/ · B2 · noun · m

bean

frijol — bean

🫘 frijol = sounds like free-hole: a bean drops through a free hole

Say fri-HOL as free + hole. Link the sound to a bean slipping through a hole in the soil when planted. Latin phaseolus gave Spanish frisol, then frijol.

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