pepino

• IPA^(key): /pɛˈpiːnəʊ/

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pepino (plural pepinos)

1. Synonym of pepino melon.

• pipino

Borrowed from Spanish pepino.

• IPA^(key): /peˈpino/
• Hyphenation: pe‧pi‧no

pepíno (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜉᜒᜈᜓ)

1. cucumber

Borrowed from Spanish pepino, diminutive of Latin pepo, peponis, from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn).

• IPA^(key): /peˈpino/
• Hyphenation: pe‧pi‧no

pepino

1. a vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus
2. the edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh; cucumber

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< Spanish pepino

• IPA^(key): /ˈpepino/,
• Rhymes: -epino
• Syllabification^(key): pe‧pi‧no

pepino

1. pepino melon, melon pear, pepino, Solanum muricatum (South American plant in nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for its melon-like fruit)

   Synonym: päärynämeloni

pepino

1. inflection of pepare:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Borrowed from Spanish pepino, from Latin pepōnem.

• Rhymes: -inu, (Brazil) -ĩnu
• Hyphenation: pe‧pi‧no

pepino m (plural pepinos)

1. cucumber (Cucumis sativus, a vine in the gourd family)

   Synonym: pepineiro

2. cucumber (the fruit of the cucumber plant, used as a vegetable)

   Synonym: (obsolete) cogombro

3. (Brazil, slang) problem (difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with)

Formed as a diminutive from the Old Spanish pepón (which was re-analyzed as an augmentative, see the suffix -ón), itself borrowed from Latin peponem (“pumpkin”).

• IPA^(key): /peˈpino/

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: pe‧pi‧no

pepino m (plural pepinos)

1. cucumber

   Synonym: cohombro

2. (informal) unripe melon

• “pepino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16