zapallito

Spanish

Etymology

From zapallo +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θapaˈʝito/ [θa.paˈʝi.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θapaˈʝito/ [θa.paˈʝi.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θapaˈʎito/ [θa.paˈʎi.t̪o]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sapaˈʝito/ [sa.paˈʝi.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /sapaˈʝito/ [sa.paˈʝi.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /sapaˈʎito/ [sa.paˈʎi.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /sapaˈʃito/ [sa.paˈʃi.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /sapaˈʒito/ [sa.paˈʒi.t̪o]

• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: za‧pa‧lli‧to

Noun

zapallito m (plural zapallitos)

1. pumpkin

Further reading

• “zapallito”, 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