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A pumpkin seed, also known as a pepita (from the Mexican Spanish: pepita de calabaza, 'little seed of squash'), is the edible seed of a pumpkin or certain other cultivars of squash. The seeds are typically flat and oval with one axis of symmetry, have a white outer husk , and are light green after the husk is removed.
Josefa Durán y Ortega (c. 1830–1872), known by the stage name Pepita de Oliva, was a Romani Spanish dancer who performed across Europe, popularizing Spanish flamenco dancing and costumes. Despite her official marriage with her dance teacher Juan Antonio Gabriel de la Oliva in 1851, the following year she established a partnership with the ...
Victoria was one of seven illegitimate children [3] of the English diplomat Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville, and a Spanish dancer known by the stage name of "Pepita de Oliva", (Josefa née Durán y Ortega; she was married to Juan Antonio de Oliva). Pepita was referred to as Countess West, though she never divorced her legal husband ...
Pepita, or pumpkin seed, is the edible seed of pumpkins or related squashes. Pepita may also refer to: Pepita glass engraving; The Pepita, later the Maria Asumpta, a brig that sailed from 1858 to 1995; In people. Pepita de Oliva (1830–1871), Spanish dancer; Pepita Pardell (1928-2019), Spanish animator, cartoonist, illustrator, painter
Born in Barcelona, Spain, Pepita started working at the age of twelve. At the age of 14, she became involved in the Spanish Revolution and was active with the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT). In late 1937, Carpeña joined the anarchist-feminist movement Mujeres Libres, later becoming its propaganda secretary. During this time, she ...
Josefa de Tudó y Catalán, 1st Countess of Castillo Fiel, [note 1] also known as Pepita Tudó (19 May 1779 – 20 September 1869) was the second wife of Spanish Prime Minister Manuel de Godoy. It has been suggested she was the model for two paintings by Goya , La maja desnuda ( The Naked Maja ) and La maja vestida ( The Clothed Maja ).
Josefa Texidor i Torres (also known as Pepita Texidor and Teixidor; 17 November 1865 [1] – 8 February 1914) [2] was a Spanish painter. Born in Barcelona in 1865, Torres was trained by her father, José Texidor Busquets, her brother, Modest Texidor Torres and later she studied under Francesc Miralles. Her brother wanted her to dedicate herself ...
Pepita Jiménez is a lyric comedy or comic opera with music written by the Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz. The original opera was written in one act and used an English libretto by Albéniz's patron and collaborator, the Englishman Francis Money-Coutts, which is based on the novel of the same name by Juan Valera. The opera was later adapted ...