cabaza

Meaning

1. (feminine) pumpkin, squash, gourd
2. (feminine) cured gourd used traditionally in Galicia as a container for liquids
3. (feminine, figuratively, in-plural) bad grades

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈβaθa̝/

Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese: cabaça

Cognate with Spanish: calabaza

Cognate with Catalan: carabassa

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabaaça, from an earlier [Term?], probably from Paleo-Hispanic *calapaccia. Cognate with Portuguese cabaça, Spanish calabaza and Catalan carabassa.