berenjena
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân). Compare Portuguese beringela.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /beɾenˈxena/ [be.ɾẽŋˈxe.na]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -ena
- Syllabification: be‧ren‧je‧na
Noun edit
berenjena f (plural berenjenas)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Basque: berenjena
- → Kapampangan: balasenas
- → Ladino: berenjena, berendjena
- → Pohnpeian: pringihnas
- → French: beringène
- Dutch: boulanger
Further reading edit
- “berenjena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014