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plátano

banana

noun PLAH-tah-noh Common

Also means

plantain

Usage Note

plátano is the standard word in Spain, while much of Latin America says banana or guineo; in several countries plátano refers instead to the larger cooking plantain. It is a proparoxytone, hence the accent on the first a.

Examples

"El plátano es mi fruta favorita."

Natural Translation

The banana is my favorite fruit.

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