pepita

See also: Pepita

English

Shelled and roasted pepitas

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pepita.

Noun

pepita (plural pepitas)

1. An edible seed from a pumpkin or similar squash, which may - after being roasted (and, if needed, shelled) - be eaten as a snack or used as an ingredient in cooking.
2. A gold nugget, or pepito.

Synonyms

• pumpkin seed, pumpkinseed

Translations

pumpkin seed — see pumpkin seed

See also

• pepita on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈpi.ta/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: pe‧pì‧ta

Noun

pepita f (plural pepite)

1. nugget, especially of gold or platinum
2. alternative form of pipita

Anagrams

• appetì, pepati, pipate

Portuguese

Uma pepita

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pepita, diminutive of pepa.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈpi.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈpi.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -itɐ

Noun

pepita f (plural pepitas)

1. an ore nugget

Further reading

• “pepita”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Romanian

Adjective

pepita m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. alternative form of pepit

Declension

Declension of pepita (invariable)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	pepita		pepita	pepita	pepita
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive- dative	indefinite	pepita		pepita	pepita	pepita
	definite	—		—	—	—

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown origin. Likely from Latin pepō (“pumpkin”) and related to pepino and Portuguese pevide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈpita/ [peˈpi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: pe‧pi‧ta

Noun

pepita f (plural pepitas)

1. pepita (an edible seed from a pumpkin or squash)

   Synonyms: pipa, pepa

2. nugget, especially of gold or platinum

Descendants

• → Portuguese: pepita

See also

• pepita on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

• “pepita”, 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