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Unique Fruits and Vegetables of Yucatan


While wandering around the markets of Yucatán, you'll soon encounter some strange-looking fruits and vegetables.

How would you say the following fruits and veggetables in English: pitahaya, nance, saramuyo, mamey, cebollina, camote, chile max, elote pibil, chaya. chayote, guanábana, tuna?

10 comentarios:

  1. ruth gonzaleeez23 septiembre, 2011 20:07

    I'm not sure but I think so:
    papaya-pawpaw.
    cebollina-scallions.
    atun-tuna fish
    guanabana-soursop
    elote pibli-corn pibil
    camote-sweet potato

    Other fruits and vegetables are not :S

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  2. lourdes rodriguez25 septiembre, 2011 22:00

    we can see the way how to relate the structure of the fruit and color. but we could also observe as they say in the place of origin.
    chili max.- chile max
    squash water.- calabaza
    tuna.- tuna
    mammee.- mamey

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  3. chucho28 septiembre, 2011 19:18

    lol pronounced aas some in my opinion because chile maxis pronounced the same in english and spanish, cebollina-chive or cebollina-scallions
    depends on what we are talking

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  4. Anónimo29 septiembre, 2011 19:21

    arturo koh pech
    I believe that resembles the color and or name example:

    pitahaya. exotic fruit. colorful fruit.
    nance: yellow sweet olives
    saramuyo: I have no idea
    mamey, avocado red swet
    chives. onionin.
    chile max: maximum chile
    pibil corn: corn buried
    Chaya: I have no idea
    chayote, vegetable pear
    soursop:
    tuna: gross sheet

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  5. Zandy Grimaldo29 septiembre, 2011 20:57

    It's very interesting this text I just read because all or almost all of us dont know how to say in English these kind of fruits and is important know theirs names or ways to call.

    Pithaya - Pitaya
    Nance - Nance and Golden Spoon in some places
    Cebollina - Chives
    Camote - Sweet Potato
    Chaya - Mayan spinach
    Tuna - Sweet Prickly Pear
    Saramuyo - Saramuyo
    Guanabana - Soursop
    Chayote - Vegetable Pear

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  6. Anónimo30 septiembre, 2011 16:39

    just a test

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  7. Anónimo30 septiembre, 2011 16:40

    I think the problem is fixed you can publish in this entry and the whole blog. sorry for the difficulties.

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  8. gaby paz03 octubre, 2011 14:35

    I think it is very interesting in learning about other type of vegetables and know what their names example:
    guanabana:soursop.
    camote: sweet potato.
    etc.

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  9. freddie solis04 octubre, 2011 21:14

    I would put as well as sound....

    pitaya
    nance
    zaramuyo
    mamey
    scallions
    sweet potatoe
    corn pibil
    chile max
    chaya
    chayote
    soursop
    prickly pear

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  10. Anónimo07 octubre, 2011 00:22

    By: MariajoseDiaz Rosado.

    I find it interesting articles each published and is very important that we have more vocabulary
    Pithaya - Pitaya
    Nance - Nance
    Green onion - chives
    Sweet potato - potato
    Chaya - Mayan spinach
    Tuna - tuna
    Saramuyo - Saramuyo
    Soursop - soursop
    Chayote - chayote.

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