melocotón

== Fala == === Alternative forms === maracatón (Mañegu, archaic) === Etymology === 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) (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) peach (fruit) Synonyms: prisegu (Lagarteiru), présigu (Valverdeñu, dated) === References === Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 198 == Spanish == === Etymology === 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] Rhymes: -on Syllabification: me‧lo‧co‧tón === Noun === melocotón m (plural melocotones) (Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Panama, Peru, Spain) peach Synonym: (Latin America) durazno ==== Derived terms ==== ==== 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, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019 Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “melocotón”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA