jalapeño

See also: jalapeno

English

Immature jalapeño peppers

Alternative forms

• jalapeno (more common in the UK)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Mexican Spanish jalapeño.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌhæl.əˈpeɪn.jəʊ/, /ˌhæləˈpiːnəʊ/, /ˌdʒæləˈpiːnəʊ/, /ˌhæləˈpɛnjəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌhɑ.ləˈpeɪn.joʊ/, /ˌhæ.ləˈpeɪn.joʊ/, IPA^(key): /ˌhɑ.ləˈpin.joʊ/
  • (US, less commonly) IPA^(key): /ˌhɑ.ləˈpin.oʊ/, /ˌhæ.ləˈpin.oʊ/, /ˌhɑ.ləˈpeɪn.oʊ/, /ˌhæ.ləˈpeɪn.oʊ/,
  • (US, humorous spelling pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈlæpənoʊ/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): [ˌhaləˈpiːnjo] IPA^(key): [-pɛn-], [-pe(ɪ)n-]

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (Northern California):

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Noun

jalapeño (plural jalapeños)

1. A cultivar of hot chili pepper, Capsicum annuum.

   Synonyms: jalapeño pepper, jalap

   Coordinate term: cayenne pepper

Translations

variety of hot chili pepper

• Arabic: هَلَبِينْيُو m (halabīnyū), هَالَابِينْيُو m (hālābīnyū)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 墨西哥辣椒 (Mòxīgē làjiāo)

• Classical Nahuatl: chīlchotl
• Danish: jalapeno
• Esperanto: ĥalapenjo
• Finnish: jalapeno, jalapeño (fi)
• German: Jalapeño (de) m, Jalapeno m
• Japanese: ハラペーニョ (harapēnyo)
• Korean: 할라페뇨 (hallapenyo)
• Polish: jalapeño (pl) n
• Portuguese: pimenta-jalapenho f, jalapenho m
• Russian: халапе́ньо (ru) n (xalapɛ́nʹo)
• Swedish: jalapeño (sv) c
• Turkish: jalapeño
• Yiddish: כאַלאַפּעניאָ m (khalapenyo)

Further reading

• jalapeño on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Mexican Spanish jalapeño.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.laˈpɛ.ɲɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛɲɔ
• Syllabification: ja‧la‧pe‧ño

Noun

jalapeño n (indeclinable)

1. jalapeño

Further reading

• jalapeño in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish jalapeño.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.laˈpẽ.ɲu/ [ha.laˈpẽ.j̃u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.laˈpẽ.ɲu/ [ha.laˈpẽ.j̃u]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁa.laˈpẽ.ɲu/ [χa.laˈpẽ.j̃u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.laˈpe.ɲo/ [ha.laˈpe.ɲo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ.lɐˈpɐ(j).ɲu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ.lɐˈpɐ(j).ɲu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ.lɐˈpe.ɲu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ.lɐˈpe.ɲu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ.lɐˈpe.ɲu/

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Noun

jalapeño m (plural jalapeños)

1. Alternative form of jalapenho

Spanish

Alternative forms

• xalapeño

Etymology

From Jalapa +‎ -eño.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xalaˈpeɲo/ [xa.laˈpe.ɲo]

• Audio (Chile):

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• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -eɲo
• Syllabification: ja‧la‧pe‧ño

Adjective

jalapeño (feminine jalapeña, masculine plural jalapeños, feminine plural jalapeñas)

1. of, from or relating to Xalapa, Veracruz

Noun

jalapeño m (plural jalapeños, feminine jalapeña, feminine plural jalapeñas)

1. an inhabitant or resident of Xalapa
2. jalapeño (pepper)

   Synonym: cuaresmeño

Descendants

• → English: jalapeño, jalapeno (more common in the UK)
• → Esperanto: ĥalapenjo
• → Hijazi Arabic: هلپينيو (halapēnyu, halapīnyu), هلبينيو (halabīnyu, halabēnyu)
• → Japanese: ハラペーニョ (harapēnyo)
• → Korean: 할라페뇨 (hallapenyo)
• → Portuguese: jalapenho

See also

• chipotle
• habanero

Further reading

• “jalapeño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish jalapeño.

Noun

jalapeño c

1. jalapeño

Declension

Declension of jalapeño

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	jalapeño	jalapeños
	definite	jalapeñon	jalapeñons
plural	indefinite	jalapeños	jalapeños
	definite	jalapeñosarna	jalapeñosarnas

References

• jalapeño in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• jalapeño in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Turkish

Alternative forms

• jalapeno

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish jalapeño.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑɫɑˈpɛnjo/
  • (informal) IPA^(key): /ʒɑɫɑˈpɛno/
• Rhymes: -ɛnjo

Noun

jalapeño (definite accusative jalapeñoyu, plural jalapeñolar)

1. jalapeño

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	jalapeño
Definite accusative	jalapeñoyu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	jalapeño	jalapeñolar
Definite accusative	jalapeñoyu	jalapeñoları
Dative	jalapeñoya	jalapeñolara
Locative	jalapeñoda	jalapeñolarda
Ablative	jalapeñodan	jalapeñolardan
Genitive	jalapeñonun	jalapeñoların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular jalapeñom jalapeñolarım 2nd singular jalapeñon jalapeñoların 3rd singular jalapeñosu jalapeñoları 1st plural jalapeñomuz jalapeñolarımız 2nd plural jalapeñonuz jalapeñolarınız 3rd plural jalapeñoları jalapeñoları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular jalapeñomu jalapeñolarımı 2nd singular jalapeñonu jalapeñolarını 3rd singular jalapeñosunu jalapeñolarını 1st plural jalapeñomuzu jalapeñolarımızı 2nd plural jalapeñonuzu jalapeñolarınızı 3rd plural jalapeñolarını jalapeñolarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular jalapeñoma jalapeñolarıma 2nd singular jalapeñona jalapeñolarına 3rd singular jalapeñosuna jalapeñolarına 1st plural jalapeñomuza jalapeñolarımıza 2nd plural jalapeñonuza jalapeñolarınıza 3rd plural jalapeñolarına jalapeñolarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular jalapeñomda jalapeñolarımda 2nd singular jalapeñonda jalapeñolarında 3rd singular jalapeñosunda jalapeñolarında 1st plural jalapeñomuzda jalapeñolarımızda 2nd plural jalapeñonuzda jalapeñolarınızda 3rd plural jalapeñolarında jalapeñolarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular jalapeñomdan jalapeñolarımdan 2nd singular jalapeñondan jalapeñolarından 3rd singular jalapeñosundan jalapeñolarından 1st plural jalapeñomuzdan jalapeñolarımızdan 2nd plural jalapeñonuzdan jalapeñolarınızdan 3rd plural jalapeñolarından jalapeñolarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular jalapeñomun jalapeñolarımın 2nd singular jalapeñonun jalapeñolarının 3rd singular jalapeñosunun jalapeñolarının 1st plural jalapeñomuzun jalapeñolarımızın 2nd plural jalapeñonuzun jalapeñolarınızın 3rd plural jalapeñolarının jalapeñolarının