sábila

See also: sabila

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsabila/ [ˈsa.β̞i.la]
• Rhymes: -abila
• Syllabification: sá‧bi‧la

Noun

sábila f (plural sábilas)

1. (Central America, Peru) aloe vera

   Synonym: áloe vera

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 203:

     En la casa donde crece la sávila no entran los Brujos.

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Alternative forms

• sávila

Descendants

• → Hiligaynon: sabila

Further reading

• “sábila”, 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