calabacín
Spanish, noun/kalabaˈθin/
calabacín is spelled C-A-L-A-B-A-C-Í-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 64,424th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calabacín is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “courgette; zucchini” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Cucurbita pepo pepo) Planta herbácea anual, cuyo fruto tiene muchos usos culinarios”.
What does calabacín mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecourgette; zucchini
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Cucurbita pepo pepo) Planta herbácea anual, cuyo fruto tiene muchos usos culinarios. 2. Fruto del calabacín con forma de elipsoide de cáscara verde e interior blanquecino. 3. Persona torpe.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of calabacín
- calabacines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calabacín?
- /kalabaˈθin/
- [ka.la.β̞aˈθĩn]
- /kalabaˈsin/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calabacín
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calabacín in Spanish?
calabacín appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).