pibil

Spanish

Etymology

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

Adjective

pibil m or f (masculine and feminine plural pibiles)

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

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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