Spanish Conversation · Level 83
59 words
Spanish word
papaya
Pronunciation
IPA/paˈpaʝa/
Meaning
- feminine nounpapaya
Example
Me gusta comer la papaya en verano.
I like to eat papaya in summer.
More examples
Me preparé unas rodajas de papaya para el desayuno.
I prepared some papaya slices for breakfast.
Core concept
Soft tropical fruit often eaten fresh or blended into juice, with orange-pink pulp and black seeds.
Common phrases
rodajas de papaya
papaya slices
pulpa de papaya
papaya pulp
Similar words
lechosa: Soft tropical fruit popular in Venezuela with sweet orange-pink flesh and many black seeds.
Definition in Spanish
Fruta tropical de pulpa dulce y blanda, de color entre naranja y rosado, con semillas negras en el centro y que se consume fresca o en jugos.
Word origin
Borrowed into Spanish from Caribbean indigenous languages (likely Taíno), the name spread with the fruit across Latin America.
Usage tips
- English speakers sometimes confuse papaya with North American 'pawpaw' (Asimina triloba), but Spanish papaya denotes the tropical Carica papaya.