zapallito

Spanish

Etymology

From zapallo +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

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

IPA^(key): /sapaˈʝito/ [sa.paˈʝi.t̪o] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /sapaˈʎito/ [sa.paˈʎi.t̪o] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /sapaˈʃito/ [sa.paˈʃi.t̪o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /sapaˈʒito/ [sa.paˈʒi.t̪o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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

Noun

zapallito m (plural zapallitos)

(Rioplatense, Paraguay) a small round summer squash, similar in color and taste to zucchini (Cucurbita maxima var. zapallito)

Further reading

“zapallito”, 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
Cucurbita maxima var. zapallito on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es