sapodilla

English

Etymology

From Spanish sapodilla, from Nahuatl tzapocuahuitl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsæpəˈdɪlə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪlə

Noun

sapodilla (plural sapodillas)

1. A long-lived evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, native to the New World tropics.

   Synonyms: chikoo, naseberry

2. The edible fruit of this tree.

   Synonym: sapodilla plum

   • 1988, Jorge Amado, translated by Gregory Rabassa, Captains of the Sands, Penguin, published 2013, page 45:

     They heard the flight of the bats as they attacked the ripe sapodillas at their feet.

Translations

tree

• Bulgarian: саподила f (sapodila)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人心果 (zh) (rénxīnguǒ)

• Esperanto: sapotarbo, maĉgumarbo
• Finnish: sapotillapuu (fi)
• Icelandic: sapódillatré n, tyggigúmmítré n, kvoðutré n
• Kannada: ಸಪೋಟ (kn) (sapōṭa)
• Malay: pokok ciku
• Russian: саподи́лла (ru) f (sapodílla)
• Spanish: chicozapote (es) m (Mexico, Guatemala), níspero (es) m (Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela)

fruit

• Burmese: သကြားသီး (sa.kra:si:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人心果 (zh) (rénxīnguǒ)

• Finnish: sapotilla, sapodilla
• Hindi: चीकू (cīkū)
• Icelandic: sapódilla f, sapódillaplóma f
• Indonesian: sawo manila (id)
• Japanese: サポジラ (sapojira)
• Kannada: ಸಪೋಟ (kn) (sapōṭa)
• Khmer: សាឌីឌីឡា (saadiidiilaa), ល្មុត (km) (lmut)
• Malay: sawo (ms), sawa (ms) (Kedah), sawo manila, ciku (ms)
• Russian: саподи́лла (ru) f (sapodílla)
• Spanish: chicozapote (es) m (Mexico, Guatemala), níspero (es) m (Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela)
• Tagalog: tsiko, chico, chico
• Thai: ละมุด (th) (lá-mút)
• Vietnamese: hồng xiêm (vi)

Anagrams

• pallisado, sapadillo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sapodilla. Doublet of sapotiglia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.poˈdil.la/
• Rhymes: -illa
• Hyphenation: sa‧po‧dìl‧la

Noun

sapodilla f (plural sapodille)

1. sapodilla (Manilkara zapota)

   Synonyms: acra, sapotiglia

Further reading

• sapodilla in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana