Masculine
pepino
Meaning
- (masculine) cucumber
- (informal, masculine) unripe melon
Concepts
Synonyms
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pe‧pi‧no
Pronounced as (IPA)
/peˈpino/
Etymology
In summary
Formed as a diminutive from the Old Spanish pepón (which was re-analyzed as an augmentative, see the suffix -ón), itself borrowed from Latin peponem (“pumpkin”).
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