pimiento morrón

== Spanish == === Etymology === Pimiento (“pepper”) + morrón, derived from morro +‎ -ón, where morro means snout, hill, or pebble, all rounded shapes, thus pimiento morrón means very round pepper. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /piˌmjento moˈron/ [piˌmjẽn̪.t̪o moˈrõn] Syllabification: pi‧mien‧to mo‧rrón === Noun === pimiento morrón m (plural pimientos morrones) (Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Chile) bell pepper, sweet pepper Synonyms: (Rioplatense, Chile) morrón, (Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela) pimentón, (Cuba, Dominican Republic) ají morrón, (El Salvador, Honduras) chile morrón, (Nicaragua) chiltoma, (Paraguay) locote, (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras) chile dulce === Further reading === “pimiento morrón”, 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