palomita
Spanish
Etymology
From paloma (“dove”) + -ita (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paloˈmita/ [pa.loˈmi.t̪a]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: pa‧lo‧mi‧ta
Noun
palomita f (plural palomitas)
- diminutive of paloma, little dove
- popcorn (from its resemblance in appearance to doves)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita
- (botany) Codonorchis lessonii
- (soccer) diving header
- (Peru) penis
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene
Derived terms
- cuello palomita (“wing collar, a type of shirt collar often used with tuxedo”)
- palomita cordillerana
- palomita dorada
Further reading
- palomita on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
- “palomita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “palomita”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
- “palomita”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019
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