calabaza.
pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo; typical pumpkin used for Halloween and autumn seasonal decoration)
Meaning & usage
pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo; typical pumpkin used for Halloween and autumn seasonal decoration)
gourd, pumpkin
cep, porcino (Boletus edulis)
ellipsis of calabaza de nuez (“butternut squash”)
bad grades
dummy; fool
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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