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calabaza.

pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo; typical pumpkin used for Halloween and autumn seasonal decoration)

8 characters4 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/kalaˈbaθa/[ka.laˈβ̞a.θa]/kalaˈbasa/[ka.laˈβ̞a.sa]
  1. pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo; typical pumpkin used for Halloween and autumn seasonal decoration)

    feminine
  2. gourd, pumpkin

    Argentina · Caribbean · Mexico · Spain · feminine
  3. cep, porcino (Boletus edulis)

    feminine
  4. ellipsis of calabaza de nuez (“butternut squash”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · feminine
  5. bad grades

    Spain · colloquial · feminine
  6. dummy; fool

    colloquial · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicbor.? Vulgar Latin *calapaccia? Old Spanish calabaça Spanish calabaza Inherited from Old Spanish calabaça, possibly from a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *calapaccia (compare Catalan carabassa and Portuguese cabaça), ultimately of Paleo-Hispanic origin. Less likely from Arabic قَرْعَة يَابِسَة (qarʕa(t) yābisa, “dry gourd”), which is from Classical Persian خَرْبُزَه (xarbuza, “melon”).

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