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Sapote (/ s ə ˈ p oʊ t iː,-eɪ,-ə /; [1] [2] [3] from Nahuatl: tzapotl [4]) is a term for a soft, edible fruit. [1] The word is incorporated into the common names of several unrelated fruit-bearing plants native to Mexico, Central America and northern parts of South America.
Sapovirus is a genetically diverse genus of single-stranded positive-sense RNA, non-enveloped viruses within the family Caliciviridae. [1] [2] Together with norovirus, sapoviruses are the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis (commonly called the "stomach flu" although it is not related to influenza) in humans and animals.
Sapo, kampô, kampu, vacina de sapo, or vacina da floresta, in Brazilian Portuguese [10] "Kambô" is a common name of Phyllomedusa bicolor, an Amazonian tree frog, also known as the blue-and-yellow frog, bicolored tree-frog, giant monkey frog, giant leaf frog, or waxy-monkey tree frog. "Sapo" means "toad" in Spanish and Portuguese. [2]
The Military Intelligence and Counterintelligence Law, popularly known as the Snitch Law (Spanish: Ley Sapo), was a law in Venezuela passed on 28 May 2008 during the government of Hugo Chávez that established the obligation for any person to comply with intelligence tasks if requested by the authorities, with the penalty of being prosecuted in case of refusal.
The Diccionario de la lengua española [a] (DLE; [b] English: Dictionary of the Spanish language) is the authoritative dictionary of the Spanish language. [1] It is produced, edited, and published by the Royal Spanish Academy, with the participation of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language.
Piel de Sapo melon stand in the Madrid region. The Piel de Sapo originated in Spain where it is widely grown with about 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) cultivated annually. La Mancha is the main region in Spain producing this type, with 12,000 ha. Another important growing area is Murcia that has specialized in growing early crops. There, they ...
Venezuelan Spanish, like that of the rest of Spanish America and Castilian in general, has taken many words from indigenous languages. Some examples: Arepa (from Cariban). Auyama (from Arawakan). Budare (from Cariban). Casabe (from Cariban). Chinchorro (from Chaima). Conuco (from Taíno). Ocumo (from Arawakan). Onoto (from anoto, word from ...
Some loanwords enter Spanish in their plural forms but are reanalyzed as singular nouns (e.g., the Italian plurals el confeti 'confetti', el espagueti 'spaghetti', and el ravioli 'ravioli'). These words then follow the typical morphological rules of Spanish, essentially double marking the plural (e.g., los confetis, los espaguetis, and los ...