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sapodilla en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌsæpəˈdɪlə/

Etymology

From Spanish sapodilla, from Nahuatl tzapocuahuitl.

Meanings

1. A long-lived evergreen tree, Manilkara zapota, native to the New World tropics.
2. The edible fruit of this tree.
   • They heard the flight of the bats as they attacked the ripe sapodillas at their feet. 1988, Jorge Amado, translated by Gregory Rabassa, Captains of the Sands, Penguin, published 2013, page 45:

Forms

Deriveds

sapodilla plum

Relateds

sapote · zapote

Synonyms

chikoo · naseberry · sapodilla plum

Translations (36)

th ละมุด (fruit) · es chicozapote (tree) · km ល្មុត (fruit) · vi hồng xiêm (fruit) · is sapódillaplóma (fruit) · is kvoðutré (tree) · ms sawo manila (fruit) · hi चीकू (fruit) · eo sapotarbo (tree) · kn ಸಪೋಟ (tree) · fi sapotillapuu (tree) · is sapódillatré (tree) · tl chico (fruit) · es níspero (tree) · kn ಸಪೋಟ (fruit) · ru саподи́лла (tree) · cmn 人心果 (fruit) · ms sawo (fruit) · bg саподила (tree) · id sawo manila (fruit) · eo maĉgumarbo (tree) · km សាឌីឌីឡា (fruit) · my သကြားသီး (fruit) · tl tsiko (fruit) · ms sawa (Kedah) (fruit) · fi sapodilla (fruit) · cmn 人心果 (tree) · ja サポジラ (fruit) · es chicozapote (fruit) · es níspero (fruit) · ru саподи́лла (fruit) · ms pokok ciku (tree) · ms ciku (fruit) · is sapódilla (fruit) · fi sapotilla (fruit) · is tyggigúmmítré (tree)