perejil

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish, borrowed from Old Occitan pe(i)ressil, from Latin petroselinum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον (petrosélinon), from πέτρα (pétra, “stone”) + σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /peɾeˈxil/
Rhymes: -il

Noun

perejil m (plural perejiles)

parsley

Further reading

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

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