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"Pickles" is a form of "pickle", a noun which is often translated as "el pepinillo en vinagre". "Gherkins" is a form of "gherkin", a noun which is often translated as "el pepinillo". Learn more about the difference between "pickles" and "gherkins" below.
pickle(
pih
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kuhl
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el pepinillo en vinagre (M) (preserved cucumber)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
She loves cucumbers but detests pickles.Le encantan los pepinos, pero detesta los pepinillos en vinagre.
a. los encurtidos (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I only had some toast with cheese and pickle for lunch. That's why I'm hungry now.Solo tomé unas tostadas con queso y encurtidos para almorzar. Por eso tengo hambre.
3. (colloquial) (difficult situation)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. encurtir
We pickle a lot of our vegetables in the fall.Encurtimos muchos de nuestros vegetales en el otoño.
b. escabechar
One can pickle eggs, meat, fish, and other foods.Se puede escabechar huevos, carne, pescado y otros alimentos.
gherkin(
guhr
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kihn
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (culinary)
a. el pepinillo (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A gherkin is smaller and crunchier than a pickled cucumber.Un pepinillo es más pequeño y crujiente que un pepino encurtido.
