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Is it somewhat like grapefruit then? Never eaten a pomelo.
by vram22 3y ago
Is it somewhat like grapefruit then? Never eaten a pomelo.
- the_af 3y agoIt's the same fruit, "pomelo" in Spanish is "grapefruit" in English. edit: ok, according to Wikipedia, "pomelo" is an ancestor of grapefruit. But in Spanish, "pomelo" is grapefruit.
- ClumsyPilot 3y agoNah, pomelo is like 2x larger, its skin is as thick as a picky, and has no bitterness in its tsate
- the_af 3y agoRight. I was confused because in Spanish "pomelo" means grapefruit.
- singleshot_ 3y agoI thought this too until I was corrected by a Cuban person. In (her) Spanish pomelo means pomelo and toronja means grapefruit. Now there is definitely room for more than one of us to be right but I thought I should mention it.
- the_af 3y agoAh, yes: to be clear, different Spanish(es) have different words for things. Some differences are hilarious, such as the word for "to pick up" in Spain ("coger") meaning "to fuck" in Argentinian Spanish. In Argentinian Spanish, "pomelo" is 100% "grapefruit". I'm sure of this: I'm Argentinian. But yes, it's likely that we are both right and in Cuba this isn't the case!
- aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 3y agoSo is it an idiom in Argentina to say "go fuck a grapefruit"?
- the_af 3y agoHaha, no, we use a different verb for "pick up"/"grab": agarrar. So thankfully no sex with grapefruits is strictly necessary.
- nickstinemates 3y agoMuch less bitter than a grapefruit. It's a sweet, delicious fruit.