calabaza

Senso (Inglese)

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

Con trattino come

ca‧la‧ba‧za

Genere

♀️ Femminile

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/kalaˈbaθa/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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”).