noun, masculine/peˈpino/plural: pepinos
cucumber; unripe melon
Synonyms: cohombro
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”).
/peˈpino/
cucumber; unripe melon
Synonyms: cohombro
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”).