pimiento morrón

Spanish

Etymology

Pimiento (“pepper”) + morrón, derived from morro +‎ -ón, where morro means snout, hill, or pebble, all rounded shapes, thus pimiento morrón means very round pepper.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˌmjento moˈron/ [piˌmjẽn̪.t̪o moˈrõn]
  • Syllabification: pi‧mien‧to mo‧rrón

Noun

pimiento morrón m (plural pimientos morrones)

  1. (Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Chile) bell pepper, sweet pepper
    Synonyms: (Rioplatense, Chile) morrón, (Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela) pimentón, (Cuba, Dominican Republic) ají morrón, (El Salvador, Honduras) chile morrón, (Nicaragua) chiltoma, (Paraguay) locote, (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras) chile dulce

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