matalahúva
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic حَبَّة حَلَاوَة (ḥabbat ḥalāwa, literally “grain of sweetness”), via Andalusian Arabic.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
matalahúva f (plural matalahúvas)
- anise
- Synonyms: anís, matalahúga
Further reading edit
- “matalahúva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014