Spanish Conversation · Level 59
74 words
Spanish word
guisante
Pronunciation
IPA/giˈsante/
Meaning
- masculine nounpea
Example
¿Quieres guisantes en la ensalada?
Do you want peas in the salad?
More examples
La sopa de guisantes está caliente.
The pea soup is hot.
Core concept
Small round bright green seed eaten as a vegetable.
Common phrases
sopa de guisantes
pea soup
puré de guisantes
pea puree
ensalada con guisantes
salad with peas
Similar words
arveja: Small bright green seed popular in Central and South American cuisine and preserved in cans.
chícharo: Small green seed used throughout Mexican cuisine and commonly sold canned or frozen.
Definition in Spanish
Semilla pequeña y comestible de la planta Pisum sativum, de color verde y usada como verdura o ingrediente en ensaladas, sopas y guisos.
Word origin
From Old French guisant, the present participle of guisir 'to cook', borrowed into medieval Spanish as guisant/guisante and later narrowed to mean the garden pea.
Usage tips
- In Spanish food contexts the plural guisantes is much more common on menus and labels than the singular guisante.
Other meanings
- green peanoun