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pepón

Spanish, noun/peˈpon/

pepón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “watermelon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fruto de la planta Citrullus lanatus, grande (normalmente más de 4 kilos), pepónide, carnoso y jugoso (más…”.

What does pepón mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinerarewatermelon

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Fruto de la planta Citrullus lanatus, grande (normalmente más de 4 kilos), pepónide, carnoso y jugoso (más del 90% es agua), casi esférico, de textura lisa y sin porosidades, de color verde en dos o más tonos.

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 pepón

  • pepones plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce pepón?

  • /peˈpon/
  • [peˈpõn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is pepón in Spanish?

pepón appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).