palomita

== Spanish == === Etymology === From paloma (“dove”) +‎ -ita (diminutive suffix). The "popcorn" sense comes from popcorn's resemblance in appearance to doves. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /paloˈmita/ [pa.loˈmi.t̪a] Rhymes: -ita Syllabification: pa‧lo‧mi‧ta === Noun === palomita f (plural palomitas) diminutive of paloma, little dove (countable) (piece of) popcorn Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita (in the plural) popcorn (Mexico) check mark, tick Synonyms: (Puerto Rico) cotejo, (Spain) tic, tick, (Chile) ticket (botany) Codonorchis lessonii (soccer) diving header (Peru) penis Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === palomita on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es “palomita”, 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 “palomita”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 “palomita”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019 palomita | Diccionario • DELE Ahora