aguacate
standard, Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico an avocado is an aguacate, the same word used in most of the Spanish-speaking world.
Sliced aguacate is a common side for rice and beans, boiled green bananas and roast pork.
Meaning: green fruit used in salads and spreads (noun)
Which one should you use?
Some South American countries say palta for avocado. In Puerto Rico you will hear aguacate.
How do you pronounce it?
It sounds like "ah-gwah-KAH-teh".
Did you know?
- The word aguacate comes from the Nahuatl word ahuacatl.
Examples in context
- Quiero una ensalada con aguacate.I want a salad with avocado.
- Este aguacate está maduro.This avocado is ripe.
Example conversation
Luis asks the fruit seller Doña Rosa at a market in Caguas about avocados.
- LuisBuenos días, doña Rosa. ¿Tiene aguacates?Good morning, Doña Rosa. Do you have avocados?
- RosaSí, mijo, estos están bien maduros.Yes, son, these are very ripe.
- LuisDeme dos aguacates, por favor.Give me two avocados, please.
