calabaza

Significado

(feminine) pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo (a typical pumpkin used for Halloween and autumn seasonal decoration)
(Argentina,Caribbean,Mexico,Spain,feminine) gourd, pumpkin
(feminine) cep, porcino (Boletus edulis)
(abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,feminine) Ellipsis of calabaza de nuez.; butternut squash

Frecuencia

Con guión como

ca‧la‧ba‧za

Género

♀️ Femenino

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kalaˈbaθa/

Etimología

From Old Spanish calabaça, derived from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *calapacceu (compare Catalan carabassa). Less likely from Arabic قَرْعَة يَابِسَة (qarʕa yābisa, “dry gourd”), which is from Classical Persian خَرْبُزَه (xarbuza, “melon”).