noun, feminine/lenˈtexa/plural: lentejas
lentil
Related: ganarse las lentejas, lenteja de agua, lenteja turca, lentejar, lentejas, si quieres las comes y si no, las dejas, lentejuela, venderse por un plato de lentejas
Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *lenticla, from syncopation of Latin lenticula (compare French lentille, Italian lenticchia, Portuguese lentilha), diminutive form of lēns, lentis (“lentil”). Doublet of lentilla.