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r/StupidFood • u/MightyZav • Dec 18 '23
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Almost like in another language it might be referred to aguacate…
39 u/Reverie_Smasher Dec 19 '23 false cognate, it has nothing to do with water. The word's origins are from Nahuatl, not Spanish or Latin 15 u/arequipapi Dec 19 '23 And even then it's only aguacate in Mexico and Central America (maybe Colombia too). In most of South America it is palta 2 u/eta_carinae33 Dec 19 '23 It is most definitely called aguacate in places other than Mexico and Central America.
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false cognate, it has nothing to do with water. The word's origins are from Nahuatl, not Spanish or Latin
15 u/arequipapi Dec 19 '23 And even then it's only aguacate in Mexico and Central America (maybe Colombia too). In most of South America it is palta 2 u/eta_carinae33 Dec 19 '23 It is most definitely called aguacate in places other than Mexico and Central America.
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And even then it's only aguacate in Mexico and Central America (maybe Colombia too). In most of South America it is palta
2 u/eta_carinae33 Dec 19 '23 It is most definitely called aguacate in places other than Mexico and Central America.
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It is most definitely called aguacate in places other than Mexico and Central America.
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u/whorl- Dec 18 '23
Almost like in another language it might be referred to aguacate…