Popcorn

Question

How many ways can you say popcorn in spanish? I only know palomitas.
Thanks

Answer 1

How many ways of saying popcorn have you got in English? I only know one in Spanish: palomitas (de maíz)

Answer 2

Pochoclo is how they said it in Argentina.

Answer 3

Guatemala, poporópo

Answer 4

Thank you very much. Only one way to say popcorn in english, but I was told you can say popcorn in spanish many ways. Depends where your at. Also I heard you can say gallitos

Answer 5

Interesting question, gardenia, I was with lazarus on this. _We only have one way in Spain and I also thought that this was the only one.

Welcome to the forum.

Answer 6

gracias

Answer 7

En Ecuador se lo llama "canguil"

Answer 8

WR gives this:

palomitas fpl (de maíz), cabritas fpl (de maíz) (Chi), pororó m (RPl), maíz m pira or tote (Col)

Answer 9

Interesting question, gardenia, I was with lazarus on this. _We only have one way in Spain and I also thought that this was the only one.

Welcome to the forum.

Answer 10

Actually, you can say "popped corn." I think my Grandpa used to just say, "I'm gonna pop some corn."

lazarus1907 said:

How many ways of saying popcorn have you got in English? I only know one in Spanish: palomitas (de maíz)

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Answer 11

in colombia, we say crispetas or maíz pira

Answer 12

Alternatives to palomitas (cut and paste from WR)

EVERYWHERE: "PALOMITAS DE MAÍZ"
COLOMBIA: "CRISPETAS, PALOMITAS"
ECUADOR: "CANGUIL"
ARGENTINA: "POCHOCLO, PORORÿ"
VENEZUELA: "COTUFA"
ISLAS CANARIAS: "COTUFA"
ESPAÿA: "PALOMITAS"
BRASIL: "PIPOCA"
USA: "POP CORN"

Answer 13

tad said:

Alternatives to palomitas (cut and paste from WR) EVERYWHERE: "PALOMITAS DE MAÍZ"

COLOMBIA: "CRISPETAS, PALOMITAS"

ECUADOR: "CANGUIL"

ARGENTINA: "POCHOCLO, PORORÿ"

VENEZUELA: "COTUFA"

ISLAS CANARIAS: "COTUFA"

ESPAÿA: "PALOMITAS"

BRASIL: "PIPOCA"

USA: "POP CORN"

¡Jesús! No conocía ni "cotufa", no sé si Lazarus sí.