🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

fava

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈfa.vɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fava/ˈfɑː.və/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"As favas são frequentemente usadas em pratos tradicionais portugueses."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A type of broad bean, often used in Mediterranean cuisine.

    "Fava beans are a key ingredient in many traditional Italian dishes."
  2. 2

    The dried seeds of the fava plant, used in cooking and as animal feed.

    "Farmers often grow fava for both human consumption and livestock feed."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word derives from the Latin 'faba', meaning bean, which has Indo-European roots. It entered English in the late 16th century via Italian ('fava'), referring specifically to the broad bean species Vicia faba.

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