pepón
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See also: pepon
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish pepón, borrowed from Latin peponem, from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pepón m (plural pepones)
- (rare) watermelon
- Synonym: sandía
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “pepón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “pepón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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