banana

→? English: banana

Derived from a Niger-Congo language spoken in the Guinea region, probably through Portuguese banana. Further derivation is unclear. Possible ancestor or cognate languages include Wolof banaana, Eastern Maninkakan banana, and Vai ꕒꘌꕯ (ɓaana) or ꕒꕌꕯ (ɓaana). However, Ay Baati Wolof (Munro & Gaye, 1997) posits that Wolof banaana is itself derived from Portuguese banana.

(Argentina, Dominican Republic, colloquial) smartass


kiwi

Borrowed from English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.


tortilla

→ English: tortilla

→ Finnish: tortilla

→ Galician: tortilla

→ German: Tortilla

→ Polish: tortilla

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

Inherited from Old Spanish tortiella, diminutive of torta (“round flatbread”).

(Spain and most Hispanic countries) Spanish omelette, tortilla (omelette)

(Spain and most Hispanic countries) omelette


ajo

→ Aymara: ajusa

→ Cebuano: ahos

→ Guaraní: áho

→ Highland Totonac: āꞌxux

→ Ivatan: akus

→ Jakaltek: aẍuẍ

→ Mapudungun: ako

→ Quechua: ahus

→ Rayón Zoque: ašus

→ Tagalog: aho

→ Xicotepec de Juárez Totonac: āꞌxux

→ Ye'kwana: aaju

desc

→ Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: ajo


granada

From the feminine of granado, from Latin (mālum) granātum (literally “apple with many seeds”); compare granado. Compare Italian melagranata.


mariposa

⇒ English: mariposa lily

→ Portuguese: mariposa

From the phrase María pósate (“Mary, alight!”). Displaced Latin pāpiliō, which would have yielded *papilión or *papillón.

Hedychium coronarium
Hedychium coronarium#Translingual


manzana

→ Asi: mansanas

→ Bikol Central: mansana, mansanas

→ Cebuano: mansanas

→ Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: manzana

→ Ilocano: mansanas

→ Karao: mansanas

→ Maranao: mansanas

→ Navajo: bilasáana

→ Quechua: mansana

→ Tagalog: mansanas

→ Waray-Waray: mansana

→ Western Apache: masáána

→ Yogad: mansanas

desc

→ Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: manzana

→ Zuni: mansana

From earlier mazana, from Vulgar Latin *mattiāna, ellipsis of māla mattiāna, plural of Latin mālum mattiānum (literally “apple of Matius”), referring to a kind of apple. Gaius Matius, a friend of Julius Caesar and Cicero, was a Roman horticulturist and author of cookbooks. Cognate with Portuguese maçã, dialectal Catalan maçana.

der

dar la vuelta a la manzana


laurel

Borrowed from Old Occitan laurier, which was inherited from Vulgar Latin *laurārius, which was derived from Latin laurus.


tomate

→ Bikol Central: kamatis

→ Catalan: tomata, tomaca, tomàquet

→ Cebuano: kamatis

desctree

→ Danish: tomat
→ Faroese: tomat
→ Swedish: tomat

→ English: tomato (see there for further descendants)

→ Estonian: tomat

→ French: tomate
Haitian Creole: tomat
→ Hunsrik: Tomatt
→ Sedang: tơmat

→ German: Tomate

→ Hiligaynon: kamatis

→ Interlingua: tomate

→ Karao: kamatis

→ Portuguese: tomate

→ Quechua: tumati

→ Russian: томат (tomat)
→ Armenian: տոմատ (tomat)
→ Georgian: ტომატი (ṭomaṭi)
→ Uzbek: tomat
→ Yakut: томат (tomat)

→ Tagalog: kamatis
→ Hokkien: 柑仔得 (kam-á-tit), 柑仔蜜 (kam-á-bi̍t)

→ Norwegian:

Norwegian Bokmål: tomat

Norwegian Nynorsk: tomat

→ Volapük: tomat

→ Waray-Waray: kamatis

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tomatl (“tomatillo”), the tomato proper being xītomatl.

bor+

(colloquial, Chile) a hair bun, or a short ponytail


cola

Inherited from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, or from its diminutive caudula. Cognate to French queue and Italian coda.

(Chile, LGBTQ, sometimes pejorative) gayboy, homo


papa

→ Tagalog: Papa

Borrowed from Latin papas, from Ancient Greek πάπας (pápas, “bishop, patriarch”), variant of πάππας (páppas, “father”).

der

pope (an honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome)


papa

(Latin America, US, Canary Islands, Andalusia, Equatorial Guinea) potato


papa

From Latin pappa (“food; used regarding children”).

inh

(childish, familiar) very bland soup, or more broadly, food in general


patata

Borrowed from Taíno batata. Compare batata. Though the Diccionario de la Real Academia Española lists it as a blend of papa + batata.


mote

(South America) hulled cereal, especially pearl barley and hominy


oca

→ English: oca


caviar

Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).

(Peru) a leftist, specifically one coming from a wealthy background


fresa

Borrowed from French fraise (“strawberry”).


fresa

Possibly from French fraise (“milling cutter”), or from the verb fresar, from Vulgar Latin *frēsāre, from frēsum, perfect passive participle of Latin frendō (“to grind”).


corno

Borrowed from Latin cornū. Doublet of cuerno.


lima

From Andalusian Arabic لِيمَة (līma), from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn, “lemon, lime”).


jalapeño

es-noun

jalapeño m (plural jalapeños, feminine jalapeña, feminine plural jalapeñas)

jalapeños (plural)
jalapeña (feminine)
jalapeñas (feminine plural)
xalapeño (alternative)

desc

→ English: jalapeño, jalapeno (more common in the UK)

→ Esperanto: ĥalapenjo

→ Hijazi Arabic: هلپينيو (halapēnyu, halapīnyu), هلبينيو (halabīnyu, halabēnyu)

→ Japanese: ハラペーニョ (harapēnyo)

→ Korean: 할라페뇨 (hallapenyo)

→ Portuguese: jalapenho


col

→ Taos: kùliʼína

Inherited from Latin caulem (“stalk, stem”), from Ancient Greek καυλός (kaulós, “stem of a plant”). Cognate with English cole and chou.


limón

→ Jakaltek: lemniẍ

→ Seri: ḻimoon

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: alemu

→ Ye'kwana: dimuni

Borrowed from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn) via Andalusian Arabic, from Persian لیمو (limu), لیمون (limun), from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū).


trigo

→ Cahuilla: tríiwa'a

→ Cebuano: trigo

→ Central Tarahumara: turio

→ Chickasaw: tili'ko'

→ Choctaw: tiliko

→⇒ Classical Nahuatl: trigo tlaxcalli

→ Maranao: trigo

→ Masbatenyo: trigo

→ Mayo: tirijco

→ Purepecha: trigu

→ Quechua: riwu

→ Sambali: trigo

→ Tagalog: trigo

→⇒ Tagalog: triguhan

→ Tausug: tirigu (“flour”)

Inherited from Latin trīticum. Related to English triticale.

¿qué tienen que ver los cojones con comer trigo?


maíz

→ Bikol Central: mais

→ Cebuano: mais

→ Cuyunon: mais

→ Dutch: mais

→ English: maize

→ Faroese: mais

→ French: maïs

→ Hiligaynon: mais

→ German: Mais

→ Italian: mais

→ Norwegian Bokmål: mais

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: mais

→ Portuguese: maís

→ Swedish: majs

→ Tagalog: mais

→ Waray-Waray: mais


coco

→ English: coco

→ Middle French: coco

French: coco

From sense 2 (“skull, head”), because of the resemblance of the fruit to a grinning face.


coco

Mycteria americana
Mycteria americana#Translingual

(Dominican Republic) Wood stork (Mycteria americana)


chipotle

From a compound of Classical Nahuatl chīlli (“pepper”) + pōctli (“smoke”).


chayote

→ Bikol Central: sayote

→ Catalan: xaiot

→ Cebuano: sayote

→ English: chayote

→ Tagalog: sayote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chayohtli.


cascabel

→ English: cascabel

→ French: cascabelle

From Old Occitan cascavel, from Vulgar Latin cascābellus (“small bell”), diminutive of cascābus, from Latin cāccabus.
Influenced by Latin quassicāre, based on Latin quassāre (“to shake repeatedly, to quake”), because when the chili is being prepared, the seeds make a rattling noise when the pepper is dried.


guapo

Ultimately from Latin vappa (“flat wine; figuratively, worthless person”), probably not directly but through the intermediate of dialectal Old French wape, gape, gouape, which has also received influence from Proto-Germanic *hwapjaną (“to breathe, air out, let go to waste, become sour”). At one point meant "rascal" or "ruffian" and evolved in meaning over time.


zanahoria

→ Mezquital Otomi: sanoria

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: sanaúria

→ Quechua: sanawrya

Metathesis of Andalusian Arabic *سَفُنَّارْيَة (*safunnārya), from Arabic إِسْفَنَارِيَّة (ʔisfanāriyya) (compare Libyan Arabic: سفنّاريّة (sfənnāriyya)), from Ancient Greek σταφυλίνη ἀγρία (staphulínē agría). Cognate to Catalan safanòria, Galician cenoria, Portuguese cenoura.

*سَفُنَّارْيَة

إِسْفَنَارِيَّة

σταφυλίνη ἀγρία


zarzamora

From zarza (“blackberry”) + mora (“mulberry”).


yema

→ Cebuano: yema

→ Tagalog: yema

Inherited from Old Spanish yema, inherited from Latin gemma. Doublet of gema.

Le quité las yemas a los huevos antes de mezclarlos en el guacamole.

I removed the yolk from the eggs before mixing them in the guac.


yuca

es-adj

yuca m or f (masculine and feminine plural yuca or yucas)

yuca (feminine masculine plural)
yucas (feminine masculine plural)

→ Bulgarian: ю́ка (júka)

Ella está pasando por un problema muy yuca justo ahora.

She's going through a very difficult problem right now.

(El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru) difficult, hard, often serious.

La maestra suele ser bien yuca con sus clases.

The teacher tends to be very strict with her classes.

(El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) strict, severe in discipline.


ñame

Probably from Wolof ñàmbi (“cassava”) or a related word. Compare Portuguese inhame.


jícama

→ Cebuano: singkamas

→ English: jicama

→ Tagalog: singkamas

→ Yogad: singkamas

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xīcama, apocopic form of xīcamatl.


jitomate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xitomātl, from xictli (“navel”) + tomātl (“tomato”).


cas

Named by indigenous peoples in Costa Rica (Chibchan).

the tree that bears those fruits, Psidium friedrichsthalianum


quingombó

quingombós (plural)
quimbombó (alternative)
guingambó (alternative)

Borrowed from Portuguese quingombó, from Kimbundu kingombo.

Abelmoschus esculentus
Abelmoschus esculentus#Translingual


chile

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chīlli (“pepper”).

(Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Philippines, US) a chili pepper


cilantro

cilantros (plural)
coriandro (alternative)
culantro (alternative)

→ English: cilantro

Uncertain. Possibly from an unattested regional Vulgar Latin variant of Latin coriandrum — where also its doublet culantro, today obsolete, comes from — with a front vowel, like *ciliandrum or *ceriandrum. (Compare French coriandre, Italian coriandolo, Portuguese coentro) from Ancient Greek κορίαννον (koríannon, “coriander”), κορίανδρον (koríandron).)


nabo

Inherited from Old Spanish nabo, from Latin nāpus (“turnip”) (compare -nip in English turnip, Catalan nap, French navet, Italian napo, Portuguese nabo, Romanian nap, Scottish English neep), from Ancient Greek νᾶπυ (nâpu, “mustard”).


comino

Inherited from Latin cumīnum, from Ancient Greek κύμῑνον (kúmīnon), ultimately from Semitic.

importar un comino

to not give a hoot, to not give two hoots, to not give a rat's ass


cebolla

Chavacano: cebollas

→ Bikol Central: sebolyas

→ Brooke's Point Palawano: sibuyas

→ Cebuano: sibuyas

→ Central Sierra Miwok: siwo·ja-

→ Chamicuro: sewoyo

→ Kari'na: sewoija

→ Guaraní: sevói

→ Kapampangan: sibuyas

→ Ladino: sevoya

→ Quechua: siwulla

→ Tagalog: sibuyas

→ Ye'kwana: sewoya

Inherited from Old Spanish cebolla, from Late Latin cēpulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa, whence English chive (via French). Compare Galician and Portuguese cebola, Catalan ceba, and Asturian cebolla.


pacay

→ English: pacay

→ French: pacaye


estragón

Borrowed from French estragon (“tarragon”), from Middle French targon, from Medieval Latin tragonia, from Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion, “dragonwort, Dracunculus vulgaris”), from δράκων (drákōn, “dragon”). Doublet of drago.

der

Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn)


maracuyá

Borrowed from Old Tupi murukuîá or from Guaraní mburukuja; compare Portuguese maracujá.

passion fruit (specifically Passiflora edulis)


verdolaga

Borrowed from Mozarabic *berdiláqaš, from Latin portulāca, with influence from Spanish verde and Mozarabic *yiláqa. Doublet of badulaque.

Portulaca oleracea
Portulaca oleracea#Translingual

common purslane, a plant of species Portulaca oleracea


pomelo

Borrowed from English pomelo, from Dutch pompelmoes.


tipo

From a local language, probably Quechua, along with muña.

2018 March 13, Rosa Estefanía López Casigña, “Utilización de aceites esenciales de la planta tipo (Minthostachys mollis), para la conservación de carne de hamburguesa”, in Ciencia Digital, volume 3, number 2.6, Riobamba, →DOI:


piña

→ English: piña

→ Bikol Central: pinya

→ Cebuano: pinya

→ Hiligaynon: pinya

→ Tagalog: pinya

Inherited from Latin pīnea. The sense "pineapple" comes from its resemblance to a pinecone, similarly to English pineapple. The sense "core of the agave plant" comes from its resemblance to a pineapple after the leaves are chopped off for harvesting.


melón

→ Western Apache: bilóń

→ Guaraní: merõ

Inherited from Late Latin mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”).

abrir el melón; decentar el melón


papaya

papayas (plural)
papayón (alternative)
papayo (alternative)

(Cuba, slang, euphemistic) vagina (likely from the shape of the fruit when sliced in half lengthwise: see image)


durazno

→ Classical Nahuatl: torazno

→ Central Huasteca Nahuatl: tolas

→ Western Huasteca Nahuatl: tulax

→ Jakaltek: tulasna

→ Quechua: turasnu

→ San Juan Colorado Mixtec: durastun

→ Southeastern Tepehuan: turaasno

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: trösno

Inherited from Latin dūracinus. Compare French duracine.


melocotón

desc

→? Catalan: melicotó, melocotó, melacotó

→ English: melocoton

→ Portuguese: melocotão

Borrowed from Latin mālum cotōnĭum (“quince”), with influence from Spanish melón. Like quinces, peaches have a cottony fruit skin.

bor+

(Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Panama, Peru, Spain) peach


amaro

La salvia de los prados (salvia pratensis, L.), el amaro (salvia sclarea, L.), y algunas otras especies de este género, tienen, con corta diferencia, las mismas virtudes que la salvia oficinal.

1856, Fernando Sampedro y Guzmán, Historia natural veterinaria, volume 2, Madrid: Calleja, Lopez y Rivadeneyra, page 129:

The meadow sage (Salvia Pratensis L.) and the clary (Salvia sclarea L.) and some other species of this genus have, with but little difference, the same virtues as the common sage.


borona

Said to be from Celtic *borŭna. Compare Old Irish arbor n (“grain, corn”). For alternative etymologies, see the apparent cognates Asturian boroña,Old Galician-Portuguese borõa and, descended from this, Galician broa.


ruda

From Latin rūta (“rue”), from Ancient Greek ῥυτή (rhutḗ).


hierba

Inherited from Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). Compare Catalan herba, Portuguese erva.

der

[ˈɟ͡ʝeɾ.β̞a]

[ˈɟ͡ʝeɾ.β̞a]


acelga

Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla
Wikispecies:Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla

chard, mangold (edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla)


apio

→ Cebuano: apyo

→ Ladino: apyo

→ Tagalog: apyo

According to Coromines and Pascual, from Old Spanish apio, inherited from Latin apium, cognate with Portuguese aipo, Galician aipo, ampio. Another example of Spanish retaining [j] after a labial is rubio (“blond”), compare Portuguese ruivo (“red-haired, redhead”).


chufa

→ English: chufa

Not completely certain. Suggested from Latin cȳphi (“gallingale perfume”), but the continuity of this word is doubtful. Perhaps instead the same word as trufa.

unk

Not completely certain


naranja

es-noun

naranja m or f by sense (plural naranjas)

→ Alcozauca Mixtec: láxa

→ Guaraní: narã

→ Italian: narancia

→ Hungarian: narancs

desctree

⇒ Italian: arancia
→ Old Occitan: auranja
Occitan: irange
→ Old French: orenge, orange
Middle French: orange, orenge
French: orange (see there for further descendants)
→ Middle English: orenge, arange, araunge, orange, orynge
English: orange
→ Esperanto: oranĝo
→ Japanese: オレンジ (orenji)
→ Kashubian: orendż (Canada, United States)
→ Korean: 오렌지 (orenji)
→ Makah: ʔo·linčas
→ Malay: oren
→ Marshallese: oran
Scots: orange, oranger
Norman: orange

→ Southeastern Tepehuan: naraankas

→ Tagalog: narangha

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: alöxöx

desc

→ Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: naranja

Borrowed from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”). Compare Portuguese laranja and Catalan taronja.

der

(politics, Spain) a member or supporter of Ciudadanos, a Spanish political party


albaricoque

→ Quechua: albarikuki

→ Tagalog: albarikoke

Borrowed from Arabic بَرْقُوق (barqūq), via Andalusian Arabic. Doublet of precoz.


espinaca

Borrowed from Arabic سَبَانِخ (sabāniḵ) or إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ).


arveja

arvejas (plural)
alverja (alternative)
arverja (alternative)

Inherited from Latin ervilia. Doublet of ervilla.


menta

From Latin menta, mentha (compare Catalan menta, French menthe, Italian menta), from Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē).

(botany) mint, peppermint (specifically mentha × piperita)


pelón

es-noun

pelón m (plural pelones, feminine pelona, feminine plural pelonas)

pelones (plural)
pelona (feminine)
pelonas (feminine plural)


cebada

Inherited from Latin cibāta. Cognate with Catalan civada (“oat”), Portuguese cevada.

[θeˈβ̞a.ð̞a]


ciruela

Inherited from Late Latin cēreola, an ellipsis of cēreola prūna (literally “wax-colored plums”), from the neuter plural of Latin cereolus, later reinterpreted as a feminine singular; see cēra.


plátano

Borrowed from Latin platanus (“plane tree”), from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

bor+

(Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Cuba, Mexico, Spain) banana (fruit)

plantain (the plant and fruit related to banana, not the Plantago genus)


plátano

Borrowed from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

(Spain, botany) sycamore, plane (a tree belonging to the genus Platanus)


cereza

es-adj

cereza m or f (masculine and feminine plural cereza or cerezas)

cereza (feminine masculine plural)
cerezas (feminine masculine plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish ceresa, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin. Cognate with English cherry, Galician cereixa, Portuguese cereja, Catalan cirera, Occitan cerièra, French cerise, Italian ciliegia and Romanian cireașă.


cereza

→ Tagalog: seresa


sandía

→ Bikol Central: sandiya

→ Cahuilla: saandiya

→ English: sandilla

→ Highland Popoluca: xañt́a

→ Huave: xindiy, xendiy

→ Ilocano: sandia

→ Lacandon: sanya

→ Quechua: santiya

→ Sayula Popoluca: s̈á̱ntia

→ Southern Ohlone: santiya

→ Southeastern Tepehuan: sandiiyas

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: xantea

Borrowed from Arabic سِنْدِيَّة (sindiyya, “Sindhi”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu), meaning of or from Sindh (in contemporary Pakistan).

bor+

Citrullus lanatus
Citrullus lanatus#Translingual

watermelon (Citrullus lanatus, a vine-like flowering plant)


pepino

Formed as a diminutive from the Old Spanish pepón (which was re-analyzed as an augmentative, see the suffix -ón), itself borrowed from Latin peponem (“pumpkin”).


puerro

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin porrum. Compare the borrowed doublet porro, borrowed through Catalan.


alcachofa

→ Basque: alkatxofa

→ Tagalog: alkatsopas

Inherited from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic الخرشوفة (al-ḵaršúfa), from Arabic الخُرْشُوف (al-ḵuršūf, “artichoke”). Compare Portuguese alcachofra and Catalan carxofa. Related to English artichoke.


camote

Chavacano: camote

→ English: camote

→ Tagalog: kamote
→ Hokkien: ka-mú-tī

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl camohtli.

bor+

(Mexico, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Peru, Philippines, parts of Argentina) sweet potato


lavanda

Borrowed from French lavande or Italian lavanda.


damasco

(Cuba, Peru, Rioplatense, Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia, Andalusia) an apricot tree


paraguayo

es-noun

paraguayo m (plural paraguayos, feminine paraguaya, feminine plural paraguayas)

paraguayos (plural)
paraguaya (feminine)
paraguayas (feminine plural)


madroño

Uncertain, perhaps from Basque mart- (“blackberry; bramble”), as in martotx (“bramble”), martsuts ~ martuza (“blackberry”). Basque also gave Aragonese martuel, Catalan maduixa (“strawberry”). Similar sense development in Galician amorogo, Portuguese morango (“strawberry”), both from amora (“blackberry; bramble”). Replaced now dialectal (a)borto, from Old Spanish alborco, from Latin arbutus. Compare Portuguese medronho.
Note also Armenian մաթուզ (matʻuz).


pimentón

(Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela) bell pepper, sweet pepper


pimiento

Inherited from Latin pigmentum. Compare the borrowed doublet pigmento.

(Spain, Mexico, US, Guatemala, Peru) bell pepper (ellipsis of pimiento morrón.)


lulo

Solanum quitoense
Solanum quitoense#Translingual


lenteja

→ Tagalog: lentehas

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *lenticla, from syncopation of Latin lenticula (compare French lentille, Italian lenticchia, Portuguese lentilha), diminutive form of lēns, lentis (“lentil”). Doublet of lentilla.

lentejas, si quieres las comes y si no, las dejas


lechuga

(informal, euphemistic) expresses anger, upsetness, or annoyance; euphemism for leche


ananás

ananás (plural)
ananases (plural)
ananá (alternative)

→ French: ananas

Borrowed from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi naná.


epazote

epazote m (countable and uncountable, plural epazotes)

→ English: epazote

→ French: épazote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl epazōtl.


rábano

→ Cebuano: labanos

→ San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: rábānō

→ Tagalog: labanos

Inherited from Old Spanish rávano, from Latin raphanus, from Ancient Greek ῥάφανος (rháphanos), perhaps related to ῥάπυς (rhápus), ῥάφυς (rháphus, “turnip”).


albahaca

→ Basque: albaka

→ Cebuano: albahaka

→ Hanunoo: albahaka

→ Mecayapan Nahuatl: albaja̱quej

→ Russian: альбаа́ка (alʹbaáka)

→ Tagalog: albahaka

Inherited from Old Spanish albafaca, metathesized from Arabic الْحَبَق (al-ḥabaq, “basil”), first attested in the 13th century.

metathesis

metathesized


anís

Borrowed from French anis, from Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἄνῑσον (ánīson).


hinojo

Inherited from Old Spanish finojo, from Vulgar Latin *fenuclum, from Latin fēnuculum, from a diminutive of Latin fēnum.


uchuva

Physalis peruviana
Physalis peruviana#Translingual

goldenberry, Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana)


tomatillo

From tomate + -illo, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl.


aguja

Chavacano: aguja

→ Copainalá Zoque: acuša

→ Ladino: alguja

→ Mecayapan Nahuatl: a̱co̱xaj

→ Northern Puebla Nahuatl: acoxa

→ Tagalog: aguha

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: öcuxa

→ Ye'kwana: makusa

Inherited from Late Latin acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-. Compare Sicilian agugghia.

en sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj


latón

Borrowed from Arabic لَاطُون (lāṭūn, “copper, copper alloy”), itself ultimately of Turkic origin, from Old Turkic 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (l¹t¹un¹, “gold”). Compare Turkish altın, Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”).


latón

From Vulgar Latin *lotōnem, derived from Latin lotus, a borrowing from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós). Coromines & Pascual posit that the Spanish word's unvoiced /-t-/ is due to borrowing from Aragonese, presumably meaning the Pyrenean varieties that did not lenite intervocalic Latin /p t k/.


acerola

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الزَعْرُورَة (az-zaʕrúra), from Classical Arabic زُعْرُورَة (zuʕrūra).

الزَعْرُورَة

Crataegus azarolus
Crataegus azarolus#Translingual

azarole, the fruit of the acerolo (Crataegus azarolus)


aguacate

→ Asturian: aguacate

→ Basque: ahuakate

→ Galician: aguacate

→ Portuguese: abacate (see there for further descendants)

⇒ Spanish: avocado (see there for further descendants)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl (“avocado fruit”).


guanábana

→ Catalan: guanàbana

→ English: guanabana

soursop, custard apple (fruit, Annona montana)


zapote

→ English: sapote

→ Yaqui: sapóote

Borrowed from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *ȼapotl. Doublet of chapote.


níspero

Inherited from Old Spanish niéspero, néspero, from Vulgar Latin *nespirum, from Latin mespilum, borrowed from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον (méspilon), most likely of non-Indo-European origin. For the development of the stressed vowel, compare avispa (from Old Spanish biespa) and víspera (from Old Spanish viésperas).


chichigua

(El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua) wet nurse

(Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) nipplefruit


chichigua

es-adj

chichigua m or f (masculine and feminine plural chichiguas)

(rustic, Guatemala, Mexico) female (of an animal being raised)


elote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl ēlōtl (“green corn cob, fresh ear of corn”).

bor+

(Mexico, Central America) fresh ear of corn


frambuesa

Borrowed from French framboise, of Germanic origin.


arroz

→ Navajo: alóós

→ Ye'kwana: ado

Etymology tree
Proto-Iranian *wrinǰišder.
Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza)bor.
Arabic رُزّ (ruzz)
Arabic *رَوْز (*rawz)
Andalusian Arabic روزder.
Spanish arroz
Inherited from Old Spanish arroz.

etymon

rice (cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food)


nuez

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *nŏcem, alteration of Latin nucem (from which the expected outcome would have been *noz), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.


aceituna

Borrowed from Arabic زَيْتُونَة (zaytūna), via Andalusian Arabic.


diente de león

es-noun

diente de león m (plural dientes de león)


calabaza

→ Basque: kalabaza

→ Cebuano: kalabasa

→ English: calabaza

→ French: calebasse (see there for further descendants)

→ Hiligaynon: kalabasa

→ Tagalog: kalabasa

From Old Spanish calabaça, derived from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *calapacceu (compare Catalan carabassa). Less likely from Arabic قَرْعَة يَابِسَة (qarʕa yābisa, “dry gourd”), which is from Classical Persian خَرْبُزَه (xarbuza, “melon”).

bor

قَرْعَة يَابِسَة

der

Cucurbita pepo
Cucurbita pepo#Translingual

pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo (a typical pumpkin used for Halloween and autumn seasonal decoration)

(Spain, Mexico, Caribbean, Argentina) gourd, pumpkin

Boletus edulis
Boletus edulis#Translingual

calabaza de nuez
calabaza de nuez#Spanish

Ellipsis of calabaza de nuez.; butternut squash


reventón

From reventar (“to explode, to crack”) + -ón.

a cultivar of maize, whose seeds are used for popcorn


alcaravea

Borrowed from Arabic الكَرَاوِيَا (al-karāwiyā, “caraway”), via Andalusian Arabic.

bor+

الكَرَاوِيَا


patilla

→ Bikol Central: patilya

→ Catalan: patilla

→ Cebuano: patilya

→ Tagalog: patilya


toronja

Borrowed from Arabic تُرُنْجَة (turunja, “citron”). Compare Portuguese toranja and Catalan taronja (“orange”).


banano

(Colombia, Central America) banana (fruit)


arándano

Blend of Hispano-Proto-Celtic *agranio (“sloe”) (compare Aragonese arañon, Catalan aranyó) and Late Latin rodandarum, lorandrum, variants of Latin rhododendron, from Ancient Greek ῥοδόδενδρον (rhodódendron), from ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + δένδρον (déndron, “tree”).

der

Buenas y súper sanas, estas pequeñas frutas tienen excelentes propiedades nutricionales y se pueden comer solas.

2015 November 20, “Qué Hacer Con Arándanos Frescos Y Azules”, in Quehacer:

Tasty and super healthy, these small fruits have excellent nutritional properties and can be eaten alone.


nopal

→ English: nopal

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl nohpalli.


guisante

→ Hiligaynon: gesantes

Borrowed from Aragonese bisalto, from Mozarabic biššáuṭ, from Latin pisum sapidum, with influence from guisar (“to stew”) and Aragonese guixo.

De guisantes (pisum sativum, de Lineo) hay varias especies, y de ellas son las principales: El guisante de los campos, o ceniciento, de que hay dos variedades una de verano otra de invierno.

1856, Francisco de Paula Mellado, Charles Laboulaye, Diccionario de artes y manufacturas, de agricultura, de minas, etc: descripción de todos los procedimientos industriales y fabriles, page 371:


higo

desc

→ Classical Nahuatl: hīcox, īcox (alternative spelling)

Inherited from Old Spanish figo, from Latin fīcus (“fig, fig tree”). Cognate with English fig.


mijo

es-noun

mijo m (plural mijos, feminine mija, feminine plural mijas)

mijos (plural)
mija (feminine)
mijas (feminine plural)
m'ijo (alternative)

English: miho

(colloquial, Mexico, Colombia) friend, guy


almeza

From Andalusian Arabic الميس (al-méys), from Arabic مَيْس (mays, “a kind of tree”).


palta

(historical, uncountable) Palta (extinct language)


soja

Borrowed from Dutch soja; from the Satsuma dialectal Japanese そや (soya), which is the topicalized form of 醤油 (そい, soi) (cognate to standard Japanese 醤油 (しょうゆ, shōyu)), from Late Middle Japanese 醤油 (しやうゆ, shiyauyu), orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw), from 醬 (t͡sɨɐŋᴴ, “bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”).


eneldo

From earlier aneldo, from Old Spanish aneldo, eneldo, inherited from Vulgar Latin *anēthulum, diminutive of Latin anēthum, from Ancient Greek ἄνηθον (ánēthon). Cognate with Portuguese endro.


escarola

escarolas (plural)
escariola (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian scarola, scariola, from Late Latin ēscāriola.

any of various wild plants of the genus Lactuca


baya

Borrowed from French baie. Cognate with English bay (“bay leaf, bay laurel”).


tomillo

→? Catalan: tomello

→ Portuguese: tomilho

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *thymellus, diminutive of Latin thymus, from Ancient Greek θύμος (thúmos).


llantén

[ɟ͡ʝãn̪ˈt̪ẽn]

[ɟ͡ʝãn̪ˈt̪ẽn]


orégano

→ English: oregano

→ German: Oregano

From Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὅρῑ́γανον (hórī́ganon), possibly from ὄρος (óros, “mountain, hill”) + γάνος (gános, “brightness, sheen”).

Origanum vulgare
Origanum vulgare#Translingual

oregano, pot marjoram (Origanum vulgare)


espárrago

From Latin sparagus, asparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).


lúcuma

lúcumas (plural)
lucma (alternative)
rucma (alternative)


chirimoya

→ Basque: txirimoia

→ Catalan: xirimoia

→ English: cherimoya

→ French: chérimole

→ Italian: cirimoia

the fruit of the chirimoyo, the cherimoya


coliflor

→ Tagalog: koliplor

From col (“cabbage”) + flor (“flower”); compare French chou-fleur, English cauliflower.


berenjena

→ Basque: berenjena

→ Kapampangan: balasenas

→ Ladino: berenjena, berendjena

→ Pohnpeian: pringihnas

→ French: beringène

Dutch: boulanger

Borrowed from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân). Compare Portuguese beringela.


pimiento morrón

es-noun

pimiento morrón m (plural pimientos morrones)

(Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Chile) bell pepper, sweet pepper


betarraga

Borrowed from French betterave; assimilated to Spanish -aga.


castaña

desctree

⇒ Spanish: castañeta
→ Czech: kastaněty
→ English: castanet
→ Estonian: kastanjett
→ French: castagnette
→ Dutch: castagnet
→ Norwegian Bokmål: kastanjett
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: kastanjett
→ Finnish: kastanjetit
→ Hungarian: kasztanyetta
→ Irish: castainéid
→ Italian: castagnetta
→ Japanese: カスタネット
→ Macedonian: кастане́ти (kastanéti)
→ Polish: kastaniety
→ Romanian: castanietă
→ Russian: кастаньета (kastanʹjeta)

→ Cebuano: kastanyas (from the plural)

→ Tagalog: kastanyas (from the plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish castanna, from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia).


perejil

Inherited from Old Spanish, borrowed from Old Occitan pe(i)ressil, from Latin petroselinum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον (petrosélinon), from πέτρα (pétra, “stone”) + σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”).

der

πετροσέλινον


romero

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rōmārius, alteration of rōs maris, equivalent of Latin rōsmarīnus. Compare Catalan romer, French romarin and English rosemary.


ajenjo

Inherited from Latin absinthium, from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion). Doublet of absintio.


membrillo

Inherited from Latin melimēlum (“sweet apple”), from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”). Compare Portuguese marmelo.


grosella

currant (fruit of bushes of the genus Ribes)


dátil

Borrowed from Catalan dàtil, from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”). Doublet of dáctilo.


marrubio

Inherited from Old Spanish marruvio, from Latin marrubium.

Marrubium vulgare
Marrubium vulgare#Translingual


centeno

Inherited from Late Latin centēnum (“rye”, literally “something gathered hundred each”), from Latin centēnus (“hundred each”), from centum (“hundred”).


alforfón

From Galician alforfa (“forage”) + -ón (augmentative suffix). See alfalfa.


bledo

importar un bledo

to not care less, to not give a shit, to not give a damn

Amaranthus blitum
Amaranthus blitum#Translingual

Amaranthus retroflexus
Wikispecies:Amaranthus retroflexus

blite, pigweed (a plant of the genus Amaranthus, especially the purple amaranth (Amaranthus blitum) and common amaranth, (Amaranthus retroflexus))


rocoto

→ English: rocoto


cogollo

Inherited from Latin cucullus. Cognate with English cowl.

el cogollo de palma

1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael, Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional:


berza

Inherited from Old Spanish verça, from a Vulgar Latin *virdia (see for cognates), from syncopation of viridis (“green”).


alcaparra

alcaparras (plural)
caparra (alternative)

From Mozarabic, from Arabic الْكَبَّار (al-kabbār) or Latin cappāris.


bellota

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic بَلُّوطَة (ballūṭa, “oak, acorn”), from Syriac ܒܠܘܛܐ.


choclo

Borrowed from Quechua chuqllu (“fresh maize”).


chocho

From Mozarabic xauxu, from Latin salsus (“salty”).


chocho

es-adj

chocho (feminine chocha, masculine plural chochos, feminine plural chochas)

chocha (feminine)
chochos (masculine plural)
chochas (feminine plural)

Perhaps related to clueco (and Italian chioccio) or Basque txotxo.


anacardo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάκαρδος (anákardos).

bor+

pollo con anacardo


remolacha

Borrowed from Italian ramolaccio, from Latin armoracia, from Gaulish *are more (“about/around the sea”). Compare German Meerrettich.


muña

From Quechua muña, originally used by Andeans to refer to any plant smelling of mint.

Uso de ramas de chamcua (Minthostachys mollis) o muña (Minthostachys andina) que funcionan como repelentes y también tienen efecto insecticida.

2007, Mario E. Tapia, Ana María Fries, Guía de los cultivos andinos, Lima: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación / Asociación Nacional de Productores Ecológicos del Perú, archived from the original on 2020-02-18, page 39:

Use of branches of chamcua (Minthostachys mollis) or muña (Minthostachys andina) that function as repellants and also have insecticide effect.

(Peru, Bolivia) Minthostachys spp., especially Minthostachys mollis, Minthostachys setosa and Minthostachys andina


guindo

Prunus cerasus
Prunus cerasus#Translingual


mejorana

From older mayorana, majorana, from Medieval Latin maiorana, q.v. (compare French marjolaine, Italian maggiorana and Portuguese manjerona).

Origanum majorana
Origanum majorana#Translingual


agraz

Probably from agro, from Latin acrus, from acer, acris.
See also Italian agresto.

Andean blueberry (Vaccinium meridionale, Vaccinium floribundum)


cedrón

From cidro (“citron”) + -ón, from Latin citrus.

Aloysia triphylla
Wikispecies:Aloysia triphylla

lemon verbena (shrub, Aloysia triphylla)


col de Bruselas

es-noun

col de Bruselas f (plural coles de Bruselas)


achicoria

achicorias (plural)
chicoria (alternative)

From earlier chicoria, probably through a Mozarabic intermediate, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin *cichōria, from the plural of Latin cichōrium, from Ancient Greek κιχόρεια (kikhóreia).


asperilla

From áspera + -illa (diminutive suffix), from Latin asper.


ajedrea

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic اشترية (aš-šaṭríyya), from Latin satureia.


toronjil

toronjiles (plural)
toronjina (alternative)

From Arabic تُرُنْجَان (turunjān, “lemon balm”), Andalusian Arabic forms of which تُرُنْجِين (turunjīn) and تُرُنْجِيل (turunjīl).


manzana silvestre

es-noun

manzana silvestre f (plural manzanas silvestres)


boniato

→ Catalan: moniato

→ English: boniato


mamón

mamón m (plural mamones, feminine mamona, feminine plural mamonas)

mamones (plural)
mamona (feminine)
mamonas (feminine plural)

mamoncillo (tree and fruit), Spanish lime (Melicoccus bijugatus)

(Chile, derogatory) mama's boy, mommy's darling (person clinging to his mother)

(Mexico, Spain, derogatory) stupid person, dumbass, sucker, bastard


berro

From Gaulish *bẹrŭro-, from Proto-Celtic *beru, akin to Old Irish bir (“water, spring”). Cognate with Asturian berriu, Galician berro and Breton beler.


albudeca

From Andalusian Arabic اَلْبَطِّيخَة (al-baṭṭīḵa, “watermelon”), from Arabic بَطِّيخَة (baṭṭīḵa, “watermelon”).

der

اَلْبَطِّيخَة


mamey

the mamey or mammee apple, Mammea americana


nectarina

Possibly from French nectarine. Equivalent to néctar + -ina.


borraja

Borrowed from Catalan borratja, from Latin borragō.

La mujer que pisa inadvertidamente una mata de borraja, queda propicia a la preñez.

1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 274:

Borago officinalis
Borago officinalis#Translingual


guar

Borrowed from Hindi ग्वार (gvār), from Sanskrit गोपाली (gopālī, “kind of cucumber”), shortened from गोपालकर्कटी (gopālakarkaṭī, “cowherder's cucumber”), from गोपाल (gopāla, “cowherd”) + कर्कटी (karkaṭī, “cucumber”) (see Latin cucumis and cucurbita).


tamarindo

Ultimately from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy, “tamarind”, literally “Indian date”). The "police officer" sense is in reference to the fact that Mexican transit police officers used to wear brown uniforms from the 1950s until the early 2000s

تَمْر هِنْدِيّ


durián

Borrowed from English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.


frutilla

(Costa Rica, Honduras) trichina
(Costa Rica) trichinosis


cítrico

es-adj

cítrico (feminine cítrica, masculine plural cítricos, feminine plural cítricas)

cítrica (feminine)
cítricos (masculine plural)
cítricas (feminine plural)


breva

Inherited from Old Spanish bebra, from Latin bifera, feminine form of bifer (“flowering or fruiting twice each year”).

Soñar con uvas negras o brevas es presagio de luto próximo.

1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 250:

black fig, breba (first fruit of the fig tree)

(Spain, colloquial) titty; jug; knocker (breast)


agnocasto

Borrowed from Latin agnus castus (literally “chaste lamb”).

bor+

Vitex agnus-castus
Vitex agnus-castus#Translingual


baya de junípero

es-noun

baya de junípero f (plural bayas de junípero)


tanaceto

tansy (any of the flowers in the genus Tanacetum)


penca

Probably from hoja pendenca, from hoja (“leaf”) + a derivative of Latin pedis (“foot”), referring to the leaf growing from the foot of the plant. Also compare Italian pinco (“penis”).

fleshy stalk, leafstalk or leaf of certain plants, e.g., celery leafstalks or nopal leaves


hisopo

Borrowed from Latin hȳsōpum, hyssōpum, from Ancient Greek ὕσσωπος (hússōpos), from some Semitic source. See the Greek term for more information. Cognate with English hyssop.


palmito

→ French: palmite

English: palmitic

From palma + -ito, from Latin palma (“palm tree”).


pallar

From Peruvian Spanish, probably related to Etymology 2 below.


pallar

es-verb

pallar (first-person singular present pallo, first-person singular preterite pallé, past participle pallado)

pallo (first-person present singular)
pallé (first-person preterite singular)
pallado (participle past)
pallar (infinitive)
pallando (gerund)
pallado (masculine participle past singular)
pallada (feminine participle past singular)
pallados (masculine participle past plural)
palladas (feminine participle past plural)
pallo (first-person indicative present singular)
pallas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
pallás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
palla (indicative present singular third-person)
pallamos (first-person indicative plural present)
palláis (indicative plural present second-person)
pallan (indicative plural present third-person)
pallaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pallabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pallaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pallábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pallabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pallaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pallé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
pallaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
palló (indicative preterite singular third-person)
pallamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
pallasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
pallaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
pallaré (first-person future indicative singular)
pallarás (future indicative second-person singular)
pallará (future indicative singular third-person)
pallaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
pallaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
pallarán (future indicative plural third-person)
pallaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
pallarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
pallaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
pallaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
pallaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
pallarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
palle (first-person present singular subjunctive)
palles (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
pallés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
palle (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pallemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
palléis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pallen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pallara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pallaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pallara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
palláramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pallarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pallaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pallase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
pallases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
pallase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
pallásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
pallaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
pallasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
pallare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
pallares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
pallare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
palláremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
pallareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
pallaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
palla (imperative informal second-person singular)
pallá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
palle (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
palle (imperative singular third-person)
pallemos (first-person imperative plural)
pallad (imperative plural second-person)
pallen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
pallen (imperative plural third-person)
palles (imperative negative second-person singular)
palle (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
palle (imperative negative singular third-person)
pallemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
palléis (imperative negative plural second-person)
pallen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
pallen (imperative negative plural third-person)

Borrowed from Quechua pállay (“harvest, pick up from the ground”).


alholva

From Andalusian Arabic الْحُلْبَة (al-ḥúlba), from Arabic حُلْبَة (ḥulba). Compare Portuguese alforba.


lichi

Borrowed from Hokkien 荔枝 (lē-chi). Doublet of lechía. See also Portuguese lichia.


biznaga

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huitznahuac (“surrounded by thorns”), from huitztli (“thorn”) + nciuac (“near, around”). Influenced by biznaga (Etymology 1).

(Mexico) any of several species of small, prickly cacti, especially barrel cacti


algarroba

algarrobas (plural)
garroba (alternative)
garrofa (alternative)

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الخَرُّوبَة (al-ḵarrū́ba), from Arabic خَرُّوبَة (ḵarrūba).


aliáceo

es-adj

aliáceo (feminine aliácea, masculine plural aliáceos, feminine plural aliáceas)

aliácea (feminine)
aliáceos (masculine plural)
aliáceas (feminine plural)


cebollino

From cebolla + -ino (diminutive suffix), from Latin cēpa, whence English chive.


levístico

Borrowed from Late Latin levisticum, probably an alteration of Latin ligusticum, from Ligusticus (“Ligurian”), ultimately from Ancient Greek Λίγυς (Lígus).


hierba buena

hierbas buenas (plural)
hierbabuena (alternative)
yerbabuena (alternative)
yerba buena (alternative)

[ˌɟ͡ʝeɾ.β̞a ˈβ̞we.na]

[ˌɟ͡ʝeɾ.β̞a ˈβ̞we.na]

Literally, “good grass”. It is the linguistic opposite to mala hierba (“weed, bad grass”).

Mentha spicata
Mentha spicata#Translingual


nébeda

Borrowed from Galician nébeda, from Latin nepeta. Spanish previously had forms such as nieta, nebda, neuda, neota.


rábano picante

es-noun

rábano picante m (plural rábanos picantes)


paragüita

largeleaf pennywort (Hydrocotyle bonariensis)


alhucema

desc

الْحُسَيْمَة

→ Arabic: الْحُسَيْمَة (al-ḥusayma)

→ Tagalog: alusema

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الْخُزَامَى (al-ḵuzáma), from Arabic الْخُزَامَى (al-ḵuzāmā).

der

Arabic الْخُزَامَى (al-ḵuzāmā)


arracacha

→ English: arracacha

→ French: arracache

→ German: Arakacha

a South American plant grown as a root vegetable, Arracacia xanthorrhiza


chipilín

a perennial legume whose greens are eaten in Mexico and Central America, but which is restricted as an invasive weed by many countries, Crotalaria longirostrata


borojó

South American fruit tree of species Alibertia patinoi (syn. Borojoa patinoi)


ají criollo

es-noun

ají criollo m (plural ajís criollos or ajíes criollos)

ajís criollos (plural)
ajíes criollos (plural)


chiltoma

Perhaps from Classical Nahuatl chiltotl, chīltōtōtl (“brightly-coloured bird”), from chīlli + tōtōtl; compare chiltic, chīchīltic (“the colour red”).
Alternatively, perhaps from chilli (“chili, pepper”) + tomatl (“tomatillo”).


chilacayote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tzilacāyohtli.

bor+

Cucurbita ficifolia
Cucurbita ficifolia#Translingual

any of species Cucurbita ficifolia of squashes

any of several other species of wild gourd-like plants, such as Marah macrocarpus or Cucurbita foetidissima


naranjo enano

es-noun

naranjo enano m (plural naranjos enanos)


naranjo chino

naranjo chino m (plural naranjos chinos)


jocote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xocotl (“fruit, plum”).


arándano rojo

es-noun

arándano rojo m (plural arándanos rojos)


arándano silvestre

arándano silvestre m (plural arándanos silvestres)


arándano ártico

arándano ártico m (plural arándanos árticos)


mora de los pantanos

mora de los pantanos f (plural moras de los pantanos)

Rubus chamaemorus
Rubus chamaemorus#Translingual


espliego

Borrowed from Aragonese espligo, from Latin spīculum (literally “little spike”) with metathesis of /l/. Coromines & Pascual propose that the word was interpreted as a derivative of pliego (“sheet of paper”) to explain the replacement of /i/ with /je/. At the time, there was /i~je/ alternation in numerous lexical items, such as castiello~castillo or aviespa~avispa. Compare Catalan espígol, Galician esprego.


níspero japonés

es-noun

níspero japonés m (plural nísperos japoneses)


níspero europeo

níspero europeo m (plural nísperos europeos)


ejote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl exōtl (“green bean, lima bean”).

bor+

(Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) green bean


cornejo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *corniclus < *corniculus, itself a diminutive of Latin cornus.


cacheta

matchwood tree (Didymopanax morototoni syn. Schlefferi morototoni)


ciruela Damasco

es-noun

ciruela Damasco f (plural ciruelas Damasco)

ciruelas Damasco (plural)
ciruela de Damasco (alternative)

damson (Prunus domestica subsp. insititia)


paico

(Chile) euphemism for pico (penis), usually used in the phrase "pal pico" (meaning "in a very bad situation")


tejocote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl texocotl (literally “stone fruit”), from tetl (“stone”) + xocotl (“plum, fruit”).

bor+

(Mexico) Crataegus mexicana, a species of fruit-bearing hawthorn


huauzontle

huauzontles (plural)
huazontle (alternative)

From Classical Nahuatl huāuhtli (“amaranth”) + tzontli (“hair, head”), because of the shape of the plant's inflorescence.


brócoli

Borrowed from Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo, from brocco (“shoot, sprout”).


chirivía

See alcaravea (“caraway”). Compare Catalan xirivia (“parsnip”).


cohombro

cohombros (plural)
cogombro (alternative)

From cogombro, from Latin cucumerem. Doublet of cacombra.


poleo

Mentha pulegium
Mentha pulegium#Translingual


yerba mansa

yerbas mansas (plural)
yerba del manso (alternative)

→ English: yerba mansa


xoconostle

xoconostles (plural)
joconostle (alternative)
soconostle (alternative)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xoconōchtli (“sour prickly pear”), from xococ (“something sour”) + nōchtli (“prickly pear”).

(Mexico) a species of prickly pear cactus, Opuntia matudae, native to Central Mexico


cacahuacintle

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cacahuacentli (“cacao pod”), from cacahuatl (“cacao bean”) + centli, cintli (“dried maize still on the cob”).

cacahuazintle (alternative)
cacahuacentli (alternative)

(Mexico) a variety of maize with large, whitish grains, used in the making of pozole and other traditional dishes


aceituna negra

es-noun

aceituna negra f (plural aceitunas negras)


huevos rotos

(Spain) a dish consisting of fried eggs with the yolk broken after cooking


tortilla española

tortilla española f (plural tortillas españolas)


grosella roja

grosella roja f (plural grosellas rojas)


tordillo

tordillos (plural)
tordilio (alternative)

Tordylium maximum
Tordylium maximum#Translingual


bellaco

bellaco m (plural bellacos, feminine bellaca, feminine plural bellacas)

bellacos (plural)
bellaca (feminine)
bellacas (feminine plural)

→ Cebuano: bilyako

→ Italian: vigliacco

→ Piedmontese: viliach

desctree

→ Portuguese: velhaco
→ Kabuverdianu: bidjáku

plátano bellaco

Vendemos plátano bellaco a bajo precio

Imparten nuevas técnicas de abono para cultivo de plátano bellaco

New fertilizing techniques taught for growing plantain


comuña

From Latin commūnia, neuter plural of commūnis (“common, general”).

any seed, grain or oat, except barley, rye, or wheat


orito

From oro (“gold”) + -ito, literally “little golden one”.

suffix

(Latin America) a type of bright yellow, sweet miniature banana


hierbaluisa

hierbaluisas (plural)
hierba luisa (alternative)
yerbaluisa (alternative)

lemon verbena (shrub, Aloysia triphylla)


cantueso

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *chamaethusius, from Ancient Greek χαμαί (khamaí, “on the earth, ground”) and θύος (thúos, “burnt offering”), meaning "incense of the earth".


chilchote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chīlchotl (“green chili pepper”).

bor+

(Mexico) a spicy, green variety of chili pepper used in cooking


enjertal

From obsolete enjerto (“grafted plant”) (modern injerto) + -al.


sémola

semolina, grits, meal (coarsely ground cereal)


espelta

Triticum spelta
Triticum spelta#Translingual

Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta#Translingual

spelt (a type of wheat, Triticum spelta or Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta)


canónigo

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin canonicus (“canon”), from Ancient Greek κανονικός (kanonikós). Cognate with Portuguese cónego, Galician cóengo.
The sense of “corn salad” seems to come by ellipsis from (hierba de los) canónigos.

slbor

corn salad (any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads)


endrino

From endrina (“sloe, blackthorn”), from earlier andrina, from Iberian Vulgar Latin *ādrīna, evolution of *ātrīna (“black plum”), from Classical Latin āter (“black”).


chuchupate

→ English: chuchupate

(Mexico) balsam of Peru, Myroxylon balsamum


arazá

a tropical South American plant, Eugenia stipitata


ajo de oso

Calque of Latin Allium ursinum (literally “bear garlic”).

calque

Allium ursinum
Allium ursinum#Translingual


alcaucil

alcauciles (plural)
alcacil (alternative)
arcacil (alternative)

From Andalusian Arabic الْقَبْسِيل (al-qabsīl), from a Medieval Latin form *capicella for capitia, from Latin caput (“head”). Doublet of jefe and cabo.

bor

(Rioplatense, Andalusia, Extremadura) artichoke (vegetable)


altramuz

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic التَرْمُوس (at-tarmús), from Arabic تُرْمُس (turmus, “lupin”), via Aramaic from Akkadian 𒋻𒄷 (TAR.MUŠ₈ /tarmuš/), from Sumerian 𒋻𒄷 (TAR.MUŠ₈ /tarmuš/).

bor+

lupin (any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae)


pimpinela

Borrowed from Late Latin pimpinella. Cognate with English pimpernel.

any of certain South American plants of the genus Acaena.


quinua

quinuas (plural)
quinoa (alternative)
quínoa (alternative)

→ Catalan: quinoa

desctree

→ English: quinoa
→ Welsh: cwinoa
→ Korean: 퀴노아 (kwinoa)

→ Dutch: quinoa

→ French: quinoa

→ German: Quinoa

→ Italian: quinoa

→ Portuguese: quinoa


viduño

viduños (plural)
veduño (alternative)
vidueño (alternative)

From Late Latin *vītōneum, from vītis (“vine”) + -ō (agentive suffix) + -eus (attributive suffix).

af

a kind of grape or a certain quality of grape.


canchalagua

→ English: canchalagua


branca ursina

es-noun

branca ursina f (plural brancas ursinas)


clerodendro

Destacan la palmera canaria, la sterlizia gigante, el clerodendro, el crinum, el apio de mar y el salado verde.

2015 October 5, “Fulgor sesentero sobre el acantilado”, in El País:

any of the plants in the genus Clerodendrum


hiedra terrestre

hiedra terrestre f (plural hiedras terrestres)


tortilla de papas

tortilla de papas f (plural tortillas de papas)

(Hispanic Americ, Canary Islands) Spanish omelet


tortilla de patatas

tortilla de patatas f (plural tortillas de patatas)


artemisa

artemisas (plural)
altamisa (alternative)
artemisia (alternative)

From artemisia, from Latin artemisia, from Ancient Greek ἀρτεμισία (artemisía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis).


ojushte

Ardillas, garrobos y diversas especies de aves como canarios, tucanes, pericos y búhos suelen avistarse en el terreno donde predominan árboles de laurel, ojushte, bálsamo y barillo.

2016 December 2, “Parque ecológico olocuiltense una opción para distraerse”, in elsalvador.com:

(El Salvador) breadnut, Maya nut (Brosimum alicastrum)


lechoza

From lechosa (“milky”), possibly referring to the consistency of the sap of the Carica papaya plant.

1 taza de dulce de lechoza picadita (sin líquido)

2016 December 19, “5 recetas para una dulce Navidad”, in El Nacional:


panizo

Inherited from Late Latin pānīcium, from Latin pānīcum, from pānus (“ear of millet”).


albérchigo

→ Basque: arbeletxeko

→ Portuguese: alperce, alperche

A mix of Arabic الْفِرْسِك (al-firsik, “peach”) and الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “apricot”).


betónica

betónicas (plural)
bretónica (alternative)


almoraduj

From Andalusian Arabic الْمَرْدَدُّوش (al-mardadúš), from Arabic مَرْدَقُوش (mardaqūš).

der

الْمَرْدَدُّوش

almoradux (alternative)
almoraduz (alternative)
almoradijo (alternative)


molave

molave (tree, Vitex parviflora or Vitex cofassus species, and its wood)


pachulí

pachulíes (plural)
pachuli (alternative)

patchouli (fragrance produced from this plant)


sebestén

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin sebesten, from Arabic سِبِسْتَان (sibistān), from Persian سگپستان (sag-pestân, literally “dog teat”), from سگ (sag, “dog”) + پستان (pestân, “teat”).


romerillo

From romero (“rosemary”) + -illo (“diminutive suffix”).

affix

any plant of a number of species, including:

(New Mexico) silver sage (Salvia argentea)


tortilla de patata

es-noun

tortilla de patata f (plural tortillas de patata)


hierba mora

[ˌɟ͡ʝeɾ.β̞a ˈmo.ɾa]

[ˌɟ͡ʝeɾ.β̞a ˈmo.ɾa]

Sanguisorba minor
Sanguisorba minor#Translingual


cedoaria

Borrowed from Medieval Latin zedoārium, from Arabic جَدْوَار (jadwār), from Persian ژدوار (žadvâr).

Curcuma zedoaria
Curcuma zedoaria#Translingual


bisalto

Borrowed from Aragonese bisalto, from Mozarabic biššáuṭ, from Latin pisum sapidum.

(Aragon) pea; specifically the field pea, Pisum sativum subsp. arvense


alficoz

alficoces (plural)
alpicoz (alternative)
alficós (alternative)

Borrowed from Arabic الفَقُّوس (al-faqqūs).


cadillo

any of certain species of plants
puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris)

Tribulus terrestris
Tribulus terrestris#Translingual


cebolla escalonia

es-noun

cebolla escalonia f (plural cebollas escalonias)


chalote

Borrowed from French échalote, from Middle French eschalote, from Old French eschaloigne, from Latin ascalonia (cēpa) (literally “onion of Ascalon”). Doublet of escalonia.


chamcua

chamcuas (plural)
chancua (alternative)
chamacua (alternative)


peperina

peperinas (plural)
piperina (alternative)

Along with piperina, from Latin pipĕrem (“fruit of the pepper plant”).

(Argentina) Minthostachys spp., especially Minthostachys verticillata


azufaifa

azufaifas (plural)
azofaifa (alternative)

Borrowed from Arabic الزُفَيْزَف (az-zufayzaf, “jujube”), from Classical Syriac ܙܽܘܙܦܴܐ (zūzp̄ā), from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon). Doublet of jínjol.


melón de agua

es-noun

melón de agua m (plural melones de agua)

El melón de castilla […] y la Sandía ó melón de agua (Citrullus vulgaris) son especies diferentes de la familia de las Cucurbitaceas que aunque comprendidas entre las plantas de huerta, son susceptibles de ser sometidas al cultivo en grande escala.

1901, Cuba. Junta de la Exposición de Buffalo, Cuba en la Exposición pan americana de Buffalo, 1901, page 67:

The Christmas melon […] and the watermelon (Citrullus vulgaris) are different species of the family of Cucurbitaceas that although included among garden plants, are susceptible to large-scale cultivation.

Estudiamos en este capítulo solamente el melón de agua perteneciente a la familia de las Cucurbitaceas y designado en la ciencia con el nombre de Citrullus vulgaris. Las otras variedades […] no está tan extendido su uso como el mélon de agua […].

1916, Cuba. Secretaría de Agricultura, Comercio y Trabajo, Miscellaneous Publications, page 41:

In this chapter we are studying only the watermelon belonging to the family of the Cucurbitaceas and designated by science with the name Citrullus vulgaris. The other varieties […] do not have as extended a use as the watermelon.

Los melones se dividen en dos clases: Melón de Castilla y Melón de Agua, y cada uno de éstos en varias clases. […] Entre los melones de agua el “Kleckly Sweet” y “Sweetheart” para uso doméstico[…]

1916, Economic Entomology: Pamphlets, page 57:

Melons are divided into two classes: Christmas Melon and Watermelon, and each one of these into various classes. […] Among the watermelons, the “Kleckly Sweet” and “Sweetheart” for domestic use […]

En la Península se pueden dividir las variedades del melón en dos grandes grupos: melón de agua ó sandía y melón simplemente de color ó de azúcar, que es la otra variedad.

2008 01, Er Faveri, Albert Larbalétrier, MANUAL DEL HORTELANO. LAS LEGUMBRES, Editorial MAXTOR, →ISBN, page 103:

On the Peninsula the varieties of melon can be divided into two large groups: watermelon and muskmelon, which is the other variety.


fruto del árbol del pan

fruto del árbol del pan m (plural frutos del árbol del pan)


fruta de pan

(Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela) breadfruit


frutabomba

frutabombas (plural)
fruta bomba (alternative)

Para muchos jubilados, amas de casa o personas con discapacidad cuyos ingresos no alcanzan para mantener una alimentación variada y adecuada, la oferta de arroz, potaje de frijoles negros, picadillo de chorizo, pollo guisado, dulce de frutabomba, pan y café, por un peso, podría ser solo un anhelo.

2017 March 13, “¿Servir comida y ya?”, in Juventud Rebelde:


hortelana

any of a number of plants in the mint family


chile morrón

(El Salvador, Honduras) Alternative form of pimiento morrón (“bell pepper”).


chile dulce

(Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras) bell pepper, sweet pepper


ají morrón

ají morrón m (plural ajís morrones or ajíes morrones)

ajís morrones (plural)
ajíes morrones (plural)

(Cuba, Dominican Republic) Alternative form of pimiento morrón (“bell pepper”).


cardo azul

Cognate with Basque kardu urdin, French chardon bleu, Occitan cardon blu.

Mediterranean sea holly (Eryngium bourgatii Gouan)


neneo

a bush (Azorella prolifera, syn. Mulinum spinosum)


búgula

Ajuga reptans
Ajuga reptans#Translingual


cidracayote

Citrullus lanatus
Citrullus lanatus#Translingual


arroz integral

arroz integral m (plural arroces integrales)


lechía

→ Tagalog: litsiyas

From Hokkien 荔枝 (lē-chi) + -a. See also Portuguese lichia.


alhábega

From Arabic الحَبَق (al-ḥabaq, “basil”). Compare Catalan alfàbrega or alfàbega.


pac-choy

Borrowed from Cantonese 白菜 (baak⁶ coi³).


lavándula

Borrowed from New Latin lavandula, itself from Italian lavanda (“lavender”).


mirobálano

Borrowed from Latin myrobalanus, from Ancient Greek μυροβάλανος (murobálanos).

myrobalan (Prunus cerasifera tree and plum-like fruit from this tree)


ensalada de frutas

ensalada de frutas f (plural ensaladas de frutas)


berenjena africana

berenjena africana f (plural berenjenas africanas)


berenjena etíope

berenjena etíope f (plural berenjenas etíopes)

Ethiopian eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum)


tortilla francesa

tortilla francesa f (plural tortillas francesas)


lechuga iceberg

lechuga iceberg f (plural lechugas iceberg)

[leˌt͡ʃu.ɣ̞a i.θeˈβ̞eɾɣ̞]

A pesar de la introducción de ensaladas embolsadas precortadas, el consumo de lechuga iceberg declinó en la década pasada.

2011 February 8, Adel A. Kader, Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Crops, University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources, →ISBN, page 11:

Despite the introduction of bagged, pre-cut salads, the consumption of iceberg lettuce declined in the past decade.


olotón

A tall variety of maize originating from Sierra Mixe, notable for harboring nitrogen-fixing bacteria.


cebolla de verdeo

cebolla de verdeo f (plural cebollas de verdeo)

Allium fistulosum
Allium fistulosum#Translingual

(Rioplatense) Allium fistulosum; the green onion.


zapallo criollo

zapallo criollo m (plural zapallos criollos)


caigua

→ English: caigua

Cyclanthera pedata, a South American vine cultivated for its fruit.


milgrana

Inherited from Latin mīlle grāna (“one thousand grains”).


salvia blanca

es-noun

salvia blanca f (plural salvias blancas)


zanahoria silvestre

zanahoria silvestre f (plural zanahorias silvestres)


perejil gigante

perejil gigante m (plural perejiles gigantes)


nabo del diablo

nabo del diablo m (plural nabos del diablo)

hemlock water dropwort, Oenanthe crocata.


felandrio acuático

felandrio acuático m (plural felandrios acuáticos)

fine-leaved water dropwort, Oenanthe aquatica


laurel cerezo

laurel cerezo m (plural laureles cerezo)


menta coreana

menta coreana f (plural mentas coreanas)


toronjil morado

toronjil morado m (plural toronjiles morados)

Mexican giant hyssop, Agastache mexicana


hidrocótila

A plant of the genus Hydrocotyle (water pennywort, floating pennywort, etc.).


revientacaballos

revientacaballos m (plural revientacaballos)

sticky nightshade, Solanum sisymbriifolium


espina colorada

espina colorada f (plural espinas coloradas)


hinojo marino

hinojo marino m (plural hinojos marinos)


perejil marino

perejil marino m (plural perejiles marinos)


sanícula hembra

sanícula hembra f (plural sanículas hembras)


oreja de liebre

oreja de liebre f (plural orejas de liebre)

The Iberian lampwick, Phlomis lychnitis.


tomillo español

tomillo español m (plural tomillos españoles)


perifollo verde

perifollo verde m (plural perifollos verdes)


peine de Venus

peine de Venus m (plural peines de Venus)

Scandix pecten-veneris
Scandix pecten-veneris#Translingual


tarumá

Vitex cymosa, a South and Central American tree.


tomillo salsero

tomillo salsero m (plural tomillos salseros)


menta de caballo

menta de caballo f (plural mentas de caballo)


uvita del campo

uvita del campo f (plural uvitas del campo)

silverleaf nightshade
silverleaf nightshade


salvia de jardín

salvia de jardín f (plural salvias de jardín)


yuyo San Vicente

yuyo San Vicente m (plural yuyos San Vicentes)


tapsia

A plant of the genus Thapsia; deadly carrot


ajo montesino

ajo montesino m (plural ajos montesinos)

round-headed leek (Allium sphaerocephalon)


consuelda media

consuelda media f (plural consueldas medias)


angélica silvestre

angélica silvestre f (plural angélicas silvestres)


redondita de agua

redondita de agua f (plural redonditas de agua)

largeleaf pennywort (Hydrocotyle bonariensis)


hierba del burro

hierba del burro f (plural hierbas del burro)


hierba sosa

Solanum torvum
Solanum torvum#Translingual

susumber, wild eggplant, turkey berry, pendejera (Solanum torvum)


tomillo blanco

tomillo blanco m (plural tomillos blancos)


caña de ámbar

Hedychium coronarium
Hedychium coronarium#Translingual


perifollo bulboso

perifollo bulboso m (plural perifollos bulbosos)

parsnip chervil (Chaerophyllum bulbosum)


pera asiática

pera asiática f (plural peras asiáticas)


jengibre amargo

jengibre amargo m (plural jengibres amargos)


yagrumo macho

yagrumo macho m (plural yagrumos machos)

matchwood tree (Didymopanax morototoni syn. Schlefferi morototoni)


achira de monte

achira de monte f (plural achiras de monte)


majarete

majaretes (plural)
manjarete (alternative)

From manjarete, diminutive of manjar (“delicacy”).

(Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Venezuela) A type of sweet corn pudding made with milk, sugar, and fresh corn, cornmeal or cornstarch.


manjarete

(Venezuela) Alternative form of majarete