pibil

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Yucatec Maya píibil, from píib (“cooking pit”).

Adjective

pibil m or f (masculine and feminine plural pibiles)

1. (Mexico, Yucatán, said of a food) Wrapped in banana or plantain leaves and cooked underground

Derived terms

• cochinita pibil
• puerco pibil

 

Further reading

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