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The tomato (US: / t ə m eɪ t oʊ /, UK: / t ə m ɑː t oʊ /), Solanum lycopersicum, is a plant whose fruit is an edible berry that is eaten as a vegetable. The tomato is a member of the nightshade family that includes tobacco, potato, and chili peppers. It originated from and was domesticated in western South America.
Other names are Mexican green tomato and miltomate. In Spanish, it is called tomate de cáscara (husk tomato), tomate de fresadilla (little strawberry tomato), tomate milpero (field tomato), tomate verde (green tomato), tomatillo (Mexico; this term means "little tomato" elsewhere), miltomate (Mexico, Guatemala), farolito (little lantern), or ...
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The streets of a town in eastern Spain were awash in red on Wednesday as revellers flung overripe tomatoes at each other in a high-spirited battle royale during the traditional Tomatina festival.
Documented Nahuatl words in the Spanish language (mostly as spoken in Mexico and Mesoamerica), also called Nahuatlismos include an extensive list of words that represent (i) animals, (ii) plants, fruit and vegetables, (iii) foods and beverages, and (iv) domestic appliances. Many of these words end with the absolutive suffix "-tl" in Nahuatl.
Top 10 most popular languages learned on Duolingo. Although there were some changes this year, Duolingo listed the top 10 languages studied in 2023 as: 1. English. 2. Spanish. 3. French. 4. German ...
La Tomatina is a Spanish festival in Buñol, Spain where participants throw tomatoes at each other. It is said to be the biggest food fight in the world. [1] [2] From the festival's origin as a food fight between friends in the 1940s, it has become a famous tourist attraction.
We are still in the stage where a standard English term for the fruit can be established, and I think husk tomato is the better candidate because it is comprehensible without having heard it before, and because tomatillo is incorrect in Spanish; that is to say, it is dialectal, suggesting a small tomato to most Spanish speakers.