abeja

abeja

1. partitive plural of abi

From Latin apicula, diminutive of apis.

• IPA^(key): /aˈbeʒa/

abeja f (plural abejas)

1. bee
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 82r.

     […] A cabo de dias tornos por préder la ¬ aplego por ueer o ẏazia el leó muerto. efallo enel cuerpo del leó. j. enſáne dabejas e mẏel : crebátolo có ſus manos ¬ comẏo

     […] After some days he returned to take her, and he approached to see where the dead lion lay. And he found in the lion's carcass a swarm of bees and honey. So he broke it with his hands and ate.

• Spanish: abeja

From Old Spanish abeja, from Latin apicula, diminutive of apis.

• IPA^(key): /aˈbexa/ [aˈβ̞e.xa]

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• Rhymes: -exa
• Syllabification: a‧be‧ja

abeja f (plural abejas)

1. bee (the insect)

   Coordinate term: zángano

• avispa

• “abeja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014