betabel

Spanish

Common names for beetroot in the Spanish-speaking world

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin bētalbor.

French bette

English ravebor.

French rave

French betteravebor.

Spanish betabel

Borrowed from French betterave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /betaˈbel/ [be.t̪aˈβ̞el]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: be‧ta‧bel

Noun

betabel m (plural betabeles)

1. (Mexico) beet, beetroot

   Synonyms: remolacha, (Chile) betarraga, (Peru) beterraga, (Canary Islands) beterrada

Further reading

• “betabel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “betabel”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “betabel”, in Diccionario del español de México [Dictionary of the Spanish of Mexico] (in Spanish), second edition, Mexican Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Mexicana de la Lengua], 2019
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