noun, masculine/kaskaˈbel/plural: cascabeles
jingle bell, sleigh bell; rattle (baby's toy); knob of a cannon; cascabel (chili)
Synonyms: sonaja, sonajero
From Old Occitan cascavel, from Vulgar Latin cascabellus (“small bell”), diminutive of cascabus, from Latin caccabus. Influenced by Latin quassicāre, based on Latin quassāre (“to shake repeatedly, to quake”), because when the chili is being prepared, the seeds make a rattling noise when the pepper is dried.