pimiento morrón

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˌmjento moˈron/ [piˌmjẽn̪.t̪o moˈrõn]
• Syllabification: pi‧mien‧to mo‧rrón

Noun

pimiento morrón m (plural pimientos morrones)

1. (Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Chile) bell pepper, sweet pepper

   Synonyms: (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile) morrón, (Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, 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 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28