calabaza

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish calabaza.

Noun

calabaza (plural calabazas)

  1. A burr gherkin.

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalaˈbaθa/,
  • Rhymes: -aθa
  • Hyphenation: ca‧la‧ba‧za

Noun

calabaza f (plural calabaces)

  1. pumpkin (plant)
  2. pumpkin (fruit of this plant)

Leonese

Etymology

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Noun

calabaza f (plural calabazas)

  1. pumpkin, gourd

References

  • calabaza at the Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano.

Spanish

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Etymology

From Old Spanish calabaça, derived from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *calapacceu (compare Catalan carabassa). Or possibly from Arabic قَرْعَة يَابِسَة (qarʕa yābisa, “dry gourd”), which is from Persian خربزه (xarboza, xarboze, “melon”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /kalaˈbaθa/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /kalaˈbasa/
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  • (Spain) Rhymes: -aθa
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -asa
  • Syllabification: ca‧la‧ba‧za

Noun

calabaza f (plural calabazas)

  1. pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo (a typical pumpkin used for Halloween and autumn seasonal decoration)
  2. (Spain, Mexico, Caribbean, Argentina) gourd, pumpkin
    Synonyms: (South America) zapallo, auyama, (Venezuela, Colombia) ahuyama, (Cental America) ayote
  3. cep, porcino (Boletus edulis)
  4. Ellipsis of calabaza de nuez.; butternut squash

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Basque: kalabaza
  • → Cebuano: kalabasa
  • → English: calabaza
  • → French: calebasse (see there for further descendants)
  • → Hiligaynon: kalabasa
  • → Tagalog: kalabasa

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