habanero

• habañero (nonstandard)

Borrowed from Spanish habanero.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌ(h)ɑːbəˈnɛɹəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌ(h)ɑbəˈnɛɹoʊ/
• (US, hypercorrect) IPA^(key): /ˌ(h)ɑbəˈnjɛɹoʊ/ (often along with habañero)

• Audio (Northern California):

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habanero (plural habaneros)

1. An intensely spicy chili pepper, Capsicum chinense.
   • 2024 June 6, Brooke Younger, “What Is Swicy, and Why Do You Need It in Your Life?”, in Cozymeal‎^[1]:

     For example, salsa and pico de gallo from Mexican cuisine sometimes include fruits like peach, mango or pineapple, balancing hot peppers like habanero or jalapeño with their sweetness.

• chocolate habanero

• ancho
• jalapeno
• Scotch bonnet

From La Habana +‎ -ero; see Havana.

• IPA^(key): /abaˈneɾo/ [a.β̞aˈne.ɾo]

• Audio (Chile):

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ha‧ba‧ne‧ro

habanero (feminine habanera, masculine plural habaneros, feminine plural habaneras)

1. native or related to Havana

habanero m (plural habaneros, feminine habanera, feminine plural habaneras)

1. an inhabitant or native of Havana

habanero m (plural habaneros)

1. a variety of hot chilli pepper

• jalapeño

• “habanero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024