rocoto

English

Rocoto fruit and cross-section

Alternative forms

• locoto

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rocoto, from Quechua ruqutu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈkəʊtəʊ/

Noun

rocoto (plural rocotos)

1. (cooking) A kind of chili pepper of the species Capsicum pubescens grown in Peru and Bolivia.

References

• rocoto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Capsicum pubescens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Capsicum pubescens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Spanish

Alternative forms

• locoto

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua ruqutu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈkoto/ [roˈko.t̪o]

• Audio (Peru):

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• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: ro‧co‧to

Noun

rocoto m (plural rocotos)

1. rocoto (chili pepper)

Descendants

• → English: rocoto

Further reading

• “rocoto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10