abeja

abeja

1. partitive plural of abi

• abejas

Likely derived from abeji (“both”).

abejà f (plural ãbejos) stress pattern 3^b

1. doubt, uncertainty

• abeji̇̀ngas (“indifferent, negligent”)

• Wojciech Smoczyński (2018), “abeja”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1

Inherited from Latin apicula.

• IPA^(key): /aˈbeʒa/

abeja f (plural abejas)

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

     A cabo de dias tornos por prẽder la ⁊ aplego por ueer o ẏazia el leõ muerto. efallo enel cuerpo del leõ .j. enſãne dabejas e mẏel : crebãtolo cõ ſus manos ⁊ comẏo

     [A cabo de días tornó-s por prender-la e aplegó por veer o yazía el león muerto. E falló en el cuerpo del león un ensamne d’abejas e miel. Crebantó-lo con sus manos e comió.]

     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. He broke it with his hands and ate.

Inherited from Old Spanish abeja, from Latin apicula.

• IPA^(key): /aˈbexa/ [aˈβ̞e.xa]

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

abeja f (plural abejas)

1. bee (insect of the clade Anthophila)

   Hyponym: zángano

• “abeja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025