melocotón

See also: melocoton

Fala

Alternative forms

• maracatón (Mañegu, archaic)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Doric Greek μῆλον (mêlon)bor.?

Latin mālum

Latin cotōnium

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Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion)calq.

Latin mālum cotōniumlbor.

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Spanish melóninflu.

Spanish melocotónbor.

Fala melocotón

Borrowed from Spanish melocotón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /melokoˈton/
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: me‧lo‧co‧tón

Noun

melocotón m (plural (Lagarteiru, Mañegu) melocotós or (Valverdeñu) melocotóns)

1. (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) peach (fruit)

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

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web), 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 198

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Doric Greek μῆλον (mêlon)bor.?

Latin mālum

Latin cotōnium

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Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion)calq.

Latin mālum cotōniumlbor.

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Spanish melóninflu.

Spanish melocotón

Learned borrowing from Latin mālum cotōnium (“quince”), with influence from melón. Like quinces, peaches have a cottony fruit skin.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Colombia):

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

Noun

melocotón m (plural melocotones)

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

   Synonym: (Latin America) durazno

Derived terms

• melocotonero m

Descendants

• →? Catalan: melicotó, melocotó, melacotó
• → English: melocoton
• → Portuguese: melocotão

Further reading

• “melocotón”, 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
• “melocotón”, in Diccionario del español de México [Dictionary of the Spanish of Mexico] (in Spanish), second edition, Mexican Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Mexicana de la Lengua], 2019
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “melocotón”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA