See also: Pepita

English

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Shelled and roasted pepitas

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish pepita.

Noun

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pepita (plural pepitas)

  1. An edible seed from a pumpkin or similar squash, which may - after being roasted (and, if needed, shelled) - be eaten as a snack or used as an ingredient in cooking.
  2. A gold nugget, or pepito.

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Translations

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /peˈpi.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Hyphenation: pe‧pì‧ta

Noun

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pepita f (plural pepite)

  1. nugget, especially of gold or platinum
  2. Alternative form of pipita

Anagrams

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Uma pepita

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish pepita, diminutive of pepa.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pepita f (plural pepitas)

  1. an ore nugget

References

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  1. ^ pepita”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024
  2. ^ pepita”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

Romanian

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Adjective

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pepita m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. Alternative form of pepit

Declension

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invariable singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite pepita pepita pepita pepita
definite
genitive-
dative
indefinite pepita pepita pepita pepita
definite

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unknown origin. Likely from Latin pepō (pumpkin) and related to pepino and Portuguese pevide.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /peˈpita/ [peˈpi.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: pe‧pi‧ta

Noun

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pepita f (plural pepitas)

  1. pepita (an edible seed from a pumpkin or squash)
    Synonyms: pipa, pepa
  2. nugget, especially of gold or platinum

Descendants

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  • Portuguese: pepita

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Further reading

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