pimiento morrón
Mexico, standard
In Mexico a bell pepper is a pimiento morrón or a chile morrón. The shorter pimiento is understood, but morrón is the word that marks Mexican usage.
Meaning: sweet pepper vegetable (noun)
Ways to say it
| Mexican | Note |
|---|---|
| pimiento morrón | Mexico, standard |
| chile morrón | Mexico, everyday |
| pimiento | standard |
Recipes use pimiento morrón in strips for fajitas, salads and stews. At the market, you can ask for un chile morrón rojo or verde.
Which one should you use?
In Mexican Spanish chile means hot pepper and also the sweet kind when morrón is added. In Spain pimiento is the general word.
How does it change in a sentence?
Pimiento and chile are masculine: el pimiento morrón, el chile morrón.
Did you know?
- The adjective morrón in Spanish describes a thick rounded fruit, and for peppers it names the large sweet variety.
Examples in context
- Quiero un chile morrón rojo.I want a red bell pepper.
- Corta el pimiento morrón en tiras.Cut the bell pepper into strips.
- Las fajitas llevan pimiento morrón y cebolla.Fajitas have bell pepper and onion.
Example conversation
Shopper Leticia buys vegetables from a vendor in a market in Xalapa.
- LeticiaBuenas tardes, ¿tiene chile morrón?Good afternoon, do you have bell peppers?
- VendedorSí, rojo y verde.Yes, red and green.
- LeticiaDeme tres rojos, por favor.Give me three red ones, please.
- VendedorClaro, aquí están.Of course, here they are.
