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Meaning of cabaza | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
kaˈβaθa̝

Definitions

  1. pumpkin, squash, gourd
    feminine
  2. cured gourd used traditionally in Galicia as a container for liquids
    feminine
  3. bad grades
    feminine, figuratively, in-plural

Equivalents

English Marrow pumpkin

Examples

“et por las casas et outras cousas daredes cada ano a min et ao abade do dito moesteiro por razon de forros, huun par de bõõs capoos et huna cabaaça de vino por dia de san Martino.”

and you'll give yearly to me and to the abbot of said monastery, for the rent of the houses and the other things, a pair of good capons and a gourd of wine, the day of Saint Martin

“Son dous Mozos solteiros polas trazas, son dous Asnos q[u]e andan sempre juntos, foron á Santiago á buscar puntos é viñeron cargados de cabazas”

They are two bachelors, judging by the signs two asses who always go together they went to [the university of] Santiago to make points and came back loaded with pumpkins [bad grades]

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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