arroz con frijoles
/aroθ kon fɾixoles/from spelling rules
In Spanish, the phrase for rice beans is arroz con frijoles.
The phrase refers to a dish consisting of rice and beans served together. The component arroz means rice and frijoles means beans.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase literally translates to rice with beans.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In parts of the Caribbean, such as Puerto Rico, people often say arroz con habichuelas instead of using frijoles for beans. In Spain, the word alubias is frequently used to refer to the type of beans used in this dish, resulting in the phrase arroz con alubias.
How does it change in a sentence?
While English uses 'and' to join the two ingredients, Spanish uses the preposition con (with) to describe this specific dish.
Did you know?
- The word arroz shares a deep ancestry with the Greek word óruza, meaning rice, tracing back through Arabic to even older Indo-Iranian roots.
- In many Latin American cultures, arroz con frijoles is considered a single combined staple food rather than two distinct side dishes.
- Choosing between frijoles, habichuelas or alubias when ordering this dish can immediately signal a speaker's national origin to other Spanish speakers.
Examples in context
- Por favor, ¿me puede servir un plato de arroz y frijoles?Please, can you serve me a plate of rice and beans?
- En muchos países hispanohablantes, el arroz con frijoles es un plato tradicional.In many Spanish-speaking countries, rice with beans is a traditional dish.
- ¡Qué rico está este plato de arroz y habichuelas!This dish of rice and beans is delicious!
- Vamos a comer un buen plato de arroz con frijolitos esta noche.Let's have a good plate of rice and beans tonight.
- Me gusta comer arroz con frijoles.I like to eat rice and beans.
- ¿Quieres un poco de arroz con frijoles?Do you want some rice and beans?
- El arroz con frijoles está muy rico.The rice and beans are very delicious.
Example conversation
Sofía and Alejandro are deciding what to eat for lunch.
- SofíaAlejandro, ¿qué quieres comer hoy?Alejandro, what do you want to eat today?
- AlejandroTengo ganas de comer arroz con frijoles.I feel like eating rice and beans.
- SofíaPerfecto, yo también quiero eso.Perfect, I want that too.
- AlejandroEntonces vamos al restaurante ahora.Then let's go to the restaurant now.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries arroz, con, CC BY-SA 4.0.
