naranjilla
English
Etymology
From Spanish naranjilla.
Noun
naranjilla (plural naranjillas)
- Solanum quitoense, a subtropical perennial plant from northwestern South America.
- The edible fruit of this plant.
Spanish
Etymology
From naranja (“orange”) + -illa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naɾanˈxiʝa/ [na.ɾãŋˈxi.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /naɾanˈxiʎa/ [na.ɾãŋˈxi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /naɾanˈxiʃa/ [na.ɾãŋˈxi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /naɾanˈxiʒa/ [na.ɾãŋˈxi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: na‧ran‧ji‧lla
Noun
naranjilla f (plural naranjillas)
- a naranjilla (subtropical plant)
- a naranjilla (fruit)
- Synonyms: lulo, quito quito
Further reading
- “naranjilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025