frijol

American  

[free-hohl, free-hohl, free-hawl] / ˈfri hoʊl, friˈhoʊl, friˈhɔl /

Also frijole

noun

frijoles plural

1. any bean of the genus Phaseolus, especially the kidney bean, the seeds of which are used for food in Mexico, in the southwestern U.S., etc.

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frijol British  

/ ˈfriːhəʊl, friˈxol /

noun

1. a variety of bean, esp of the French bean, extensively cultivated for food in Mexico

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• frijoles
  plural

Etymology

Origin of frijol

1570–80; < Spanish, earlier fresol, fesol < a dialectal source, akin to Galician freixó, feixoo, earlier feijoo < Latin faseolus; see feijoada

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

frijol frijoles

We’ve tasted frijol con puerco so good it felt like a religious experience.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026

But unless you’re having a taco de frijol — literally just beans in a tortilla — there is no reason to ever put refried beans in a taco.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2022

Jake figured frijol de jalea was Spanish for “jelly bean.”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

He really, really, really needed Farooqi’s frijol de jalea.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

For two full hours we lay there, listening to the buyers bartering with the boatmen for their load of maize, frijol and panela untill daylight, when we gave orders to unload.

From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Starr, Frederick

Stephen suggested Kie-Gol-Lanee, our neighborhood Oaxacan restaurant, where the mole is rich, the tamarind margaritas are dangerous and the frijoles arrive with a bowl of chips that seem to disappear on their own.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026

Rather than a formal sit-down, he was expecting days of casual conversations with dinners of tacos, pizza, his mother’s arroz y frijoles, maybe a brisket on the backyard smoker.

From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2022

Blessed with good genetics and running on frijoles, tortillas and nopales, 55-year-old Olmos Sr. is still doing farmwork.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2022

In his later years, Salvador loved to share his secret for a long life: frijoles de la olla, pinto beans in broth with radish and cilantro on the side.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2022

He started telling her about the lockers as she unpacked the Styrofoam containers, the smell of pupusas and frijoles and rice filling the room, and he realized that he had dreamed of something like this.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro