fijám
Macanese edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese feijão.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fijám
- bean
- fijám-vemêlo ― bean used for feijoada
- fijám-frade ― black-eyed bean
- fijám-chicote ― Chinese long bean (literally, “whip bean”)
- Têm rê na bariga, nôm pôde intra unga fijám
- metaphor said of someone who is very arrogant
- (literally, “He who has a king in his stomach cannot make way for a bean”)