alubia
Spanish, noun/aˈlubja/
alubia is spelled A-L-U-B-I-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 112,257th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alubia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “bean seed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Phaseolus vulgaris) Planta leguminosa de la familia de las fabáceas, con hábito muy variable, que puede…”.
What does alubia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebean seed
- 2
femininegreen bean
- 3
femininebean plant
- 4
femininenavy bean
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Phaseolus vulgaris) Planta leguminosa de la familia de las fabáceas, con hábito muy variable, que puede alcanzar hasta 60 cm de altura cuando erecta y cinco veces eso como liana, de tallo redondeado, hojas trifoliadas de folíolos cordiformes. Produce flores solitarias, blancas, que fructifican en una vaina longilínea con entre 4 y 6 semillas. Se cultiva por estas, usadas como alimento 2. Semilla de la alubia₁, usada como alimento
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alubia
- alubias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alubia?
- /aˈlubja/
- [aˈlu.β̞ja]
- [aˈluβ̞ja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alubia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alubia in Spanish?
alubia appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).