Popcorn

Question

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

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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 3

in colombia, we say crispetas or maíz pira

Answer 4

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 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

WR gives this:

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

Answer 7

En Ecuador se lo llama "canguil"

Answer 8

gracias

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

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 11

Guatemala, poporópo

Answer 12

Pochoclo is how they said it in Argentina.

Answer 13

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