cabaza

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

Frequency

C1
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaˈβaθa̝/
Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabaaça, from an earlier *calabaça, probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *calapaccia. Cognate with Portuguese cabaça, Spanish calabaza and Catalan carabassa.

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