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DailyWord
January 22, 2009, 02:08 AM
This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word (http://daily.tomisimo.org/) for January 22, 2009

higo - masculine noun (el) - fig. Look up higo in the dictionary (http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/higo)

¿Para tí el higo es una fruta exótica?
Figs are an exotic fruit to you?
sosia
January 22, 2009, 02:44 AM
figo--->fig (EEUU)
figo-->higo (SPAIN)
figo-->figo (Portugal)
same origin :D
Jessica
January 22, 2009, 05:27 AM
Confused :P
poli
January 22, 2009, 05:28 AM
In some South America sometimes they are referred to a brevas.

Incidentally in some South American countries (Argentina and Ecuador and maybe others) fresas are frutillas and aguacates are paltos.(Peru and Argentina maybe others too)
Jessica
January 23, 2009, 06:01 PM
ohh I think I got it now.