pibil
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Yucatec Maya píibil, from píib (“cooking pit”).
Adjective
pibil m or f (masculine and feminine plural pibiles)
- (Mexico, Yucatán, said of a food) Wrapped in banana or plantain leaves and cooked underground
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pibil”, 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