pepino

Borrowed from Spanish pepino, diminutive of Latin pepo, peponis, from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn).

• Hyphenation: pe‧pi‧no

pepino

1. A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.
2. The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh; cucumber.

• ungkog, unkog

pepino

1. third-person plural present subjunctive of pepare
2. third-person plural imperative of pepare

Borrowed from Spanish pepino, from Latin pepo, peponem.

• IPA^(key): /pe.ˈpi.nu/, /pi.ˈpi.nu/

pepino m (plural pepinos)

1. cucumber (Cucumis sativus, a vine in the gourd family)
2. cucumber (the fruit of the cucumber plant, used as a vegetable)
3. (Brazil, slang) problem (difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with)

• (plant): pepineiro
• (vegatable): cogombro (obsolete)

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

• IPA^(key): /peˈpino/

pepino m (plural pepinos)

1. cucumber (plant)
2. cucumber (vegetable)

• pepinillo
• pepón