pepino
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pepino (plural pepinos)
- Synonym of pepino melon.
CebuanoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish pepino, diminutive of Latin pepo, peponis, from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn).
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: pe‧pi‧no
NounEdit
pepino
- A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.
- The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh; cucumber.
SynonymsEdit
ItalianEdit
VerbEdit
pepino
- inflection of pepare:
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish pepino, from Latin pepo, peponem.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pepino m (plural pepinos)
- cucumber (Cucumis sativus, a vine in the gourd family)
- cucumber (the fruit of the cucumber plant, used as a vegetable)
- (Brazil, slang) problem (difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with)
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Formed as a diminutive from the Old Spanish pepón (which was re-analyzed as an augmentative, see the suffix -ón), itself borrowed from Latin pepō, peponem (“pumpkin”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
pepino m (plural pepinos)
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Further readingEdit
- “pepino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014