melocotón

• maracatón (Mañegu, archaic)

Borrowed from Spanish melocotón, from Latin mālum cotōnium.

• IPA^(key): /melokoˈton/

melocotón m (plural melocotós or melocotóns)

1. (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) peach (fruit)

   Synonyms: prisegu (Lagarteiru), présigu (Valverdeñu, dated)

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu [Fala Dictionary]‎, CIDLeS, →ISBN, page 198

Borrowed from Latin mālum cotōnĭum (“quince”), with influence from Spanish melón. Peach trees were grafted onto quince rootstocks to improve their durability. Compare regional Catalan melicotó (“peach”).

• IPA^(key): /melokoˈton/ [me.lo.koˈt̪õn]

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: me‧lo‧co‧tón

melocotón m (plural melocotones)

1. (Costa Rica, Cuba, Panama, Peru, Spain) peach

   Synonym: (Latin America) durazno

• → English: melocoton
• → Portuguese: melocotão

• “melocotón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014