Meaning & use

habas beans

noun·Everyday

Large, flat edible beans, also called fava or broad beans, popular in Spanish and Latin American cooking.

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The stew was thickened with habas beans, garlic, and smoked paprika.

She soaked the habas beans overnight before adding them to the soup.

A note on using this word

Habas already means 'beans' in Spanish, so 'habas beans' is a redundant but common English phrasing for fava beans.

Words with a similar meaning

fava beansbroad beans

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