pepita

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English

Shelled and roasted pepitas

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pepita.

Noun

pepita (plural pepitas)

  1. An edible seed from a pumpkin or similar squash, which may - after being roasted (and, if needed, shelled) - be eaten as a snack or used as an ingredient in cooking.
  2. A gold nugget, or pepito.

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈpi.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Hyphenation: pe‧pì‧ta

Noun

pepita f (plural pepite)

  1. nugget, especially of gold or platinum
  2. Alternative form of pipita

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Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt
Uma pepita

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pepita, diminutive of pepa.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

pepita f (plural pepitas)

  1. an ore nugget

References

  1. ^ “pepita”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
  2. ^ “pepita”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Romanian

Adjective

pepita m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. Alternative form of pepit

Declension

invariable singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite pepita pepita pepita pepita
definite — — — —
genitive-
dative 		indefinite pepita pepita pepita pepita
definite — — — —

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown origin. Likely from Latin pepō (“pumpkin”) and related to pepino and Portuguese pevide.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈpita/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: pe‧pi‧ta

Noun

pepita f (plural pepitas)

  1. pepita (an edible seed from a pumpkin or squash)
    Synonyms: pipa, pepa
  2. nugget, especially of gold or platinum

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: pepita

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