What are the hispanic names for the following vegetables: acorn squash, summer squash, spagetti squash

Question

the hard winter squash varieties each have their own names in english but spanishdict.com uses "calabazas" to identify squash in general. I recognize "calabazas" as being specific to pumpkin. Are there specific hispanic names for the other squashes that I've identified in my question?

Answer 1

I did a Google search for the squash identified in your question and came up with these results:

Summer squash = Calabaza de verano

Acorn squash = Calabaza bellota

Spaghetti squash = Calabaza espaguetti OR Alcayota

If your looking for any others, try a Google search. It doesn't always work but it's a good first step.

Answer 2

And also in Argentina, butternut squash is zapallo coreano

Answer 3

In Argentina and Uruguay, a very commonly used squash is "zapallito." It isn't, at least to my knowledge, used much in the U.S., but apparently would translate as "globe zucchini. "

also known as zapallito redondo - malbecblend, Apr 27, 2014

Answer 4

Well what I know is butternut squash: la calabaza, acorn squash: la calabaza bellota, pumpkin: la calabaza, zucchini: el calabacín, But I bet they are different in every country....

Answer 5

In Venezuela they have "calabacín" for "zucchini", and "auyama" for "pumpkin". I never saw the other varieties of squash there.

They have more varieties of squash in Puerto Rico, but I have only seen them with the English names.

Answer 6

If you google the following phrase you will get a complete explanation from Wikipedia about squashes in Argentina: "Calabazas, Zapallos, y Nombres Afines en Argentina."

A few quick interesting points: Zucchini is called zuccchini (or zuquini or zapallo italiano) but not, as is the case in other Spanish-speaking countries, calabacín. Butternut Squash, which is very, very widely used in Argentina, is called zapallo anco (or just anco) or zapallo coreano. What we N Americans call pumpkin is aptly called zapallo de halloween in Argentina. There is a type of squash in Argentina that might be referred to as globe zucchini in the US called zapallito. It is round and green and I believe native to Argentina. It is used very extensively. And the very large round squash (which is fully grown zapallito??) Is called zapallito redondo.

Answer 7

I saw the spelling "ahuyama" for "pumpkin" on a soup mixture package from Colombia (company: La Sopera")