calabaza

Meaning

(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

pumpkin

squash

gourd

calabash

marrow

pumpkins

jack-o-lantern

field pumpkin

see salir calabaza

Lagenaria siceraria

bottle gourd

calabash gourd

lagenaria vulgaris

cucurbit

small bowl

jack-o’-lantern

nut

jerimu

penny-bun

cep

cèpe

king bolete

penny bun

porcini

steinpilz

Frequency

Hyphenated as

ca‧la‧ba‧za

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kalaˈbaθa/

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”).