Do mexican americans refer to cabbage as "col" or "repollo"?
Spanishdict.com translates both "col" and "repollo" as cabbage. Which word do the Mexicans use for cabbage?
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Call it repollo mostly people from Pacific and northern states. Central, southern and eastern states call it col. Btw, I'm from Veracruz.
I have worked at a supermarket for 30 years. Repollo is how I have always heard it referred to by our spanish speaking customers.
I have Mexican friends. This of course does not mean all Mexicans use the same vocabulary as my friends, but I have only heard them use "repollo", never "col" for cabbage...
It seems that col describes a species of cabbage like:
"col roja" or "col lomarda" = red cabbage
"Coles de bruselas" = brussel sprouts
From what I can tell, if you are referring to everyday, run of the mill, green cabbage you would use the word "repollo".
Hope this helps!
I suppose that depends on whether they are Mexicans, Chicanos, African American Mexicans, Asian American Mexicans, Native American Mexicans, American Mexican Mexicans, Latin American Mexican Americans, Pacific Islander American Mexicans, Cartoon Mexican Mexicans, American Cartoon Mexican Americans, US Politician Mexicans, Texas Government Mexicans, BBC Mexicans or some other type of Mexicans I can't think of just now....
primero que nada... la palabra REPOLLO no es muy conocida, lo crean o no... first of all... the word REPOLLO is not that well known, believe it or not... second, here in PERU, where our dishes are now world-wide-known we call CABBAGE - COL, that is the transtalion in Lima-Peru COL. Mexico... well, as well as Spain, or other Spanish speaking countries, has its own version... but the COL that is the word you want to use if you wanna try some of the most deliciuos dishes...
Col in Baja.
"Col" baby, Col rojo, col verde, col chino. At least in the north of México.
Most people think of cabbage as chopped in salad, lot of times it's sold already chopped, either way it's still repollo.
i have a lot of mexican friends and they call it repollo.
