calabacita

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Paleo-Hispanicbor.?

Vulgar Latin *calapaccia?

Old Spanish calabaça

Spanish calabaza

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Spanish -ito

Spanish -ita

Spanish calabacita

From calabaza + -ita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalabaˈθita/ [ka.la.β̞aˈθi.t̪a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kalabaˈsita/ [ka.la.β̞aˈsi.t̪a] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ca‧la‧ba‧ci‧ta

Noun

calabacita f (plural calabacitas)

1. (Mexico) courgette, zucchini

   Synonym: calabacín

Further reading

• “calabacita”, 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