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Aguacate

Avocado in Spain, Mexico and Venezuela. It comes from the Nahuatl ahuacatl.

Nahuatl was the language of the Aztecs.

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Palta

Avocado in Argentina, Chile, Peru and Uruguay. It comes from the Quechua pallta.

Both words entered Spanish, and each one stayed where it was born.

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Elote, choclo, jojoto

Corn on the cob in Mexico, in Argentina and Chile, and in Venezuela.

Elote is from Nahuatl, and choclo is from Quechua.

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Frijol, poroto, caraota

Beans. Spain says judía or alubia, and each country here has its own word.

Frijol in Mexico and Colombia, poroto in Argentina and Chile, caraota in Venezuela.

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Patata

Only Spain says patata. The dictionary calls it a blend of papa and batata.

Papa, the potato everywhere else in our table, comes from Quechua.

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Torta

A cake in Argentina, Chile and Venezuela. In Mexico, a filled bread roll.

Ask for a birthday torta in Mexico and you might get lunch.

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Cotufa, cabritas, pochoclo

Popcorn in Venezuela, in Chile and in Argentina. Spain says palomitas.

Popcorn may have the most names of any snack.

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¿Cómo le dicen allá?

What do you call it there? Ask a Spanish speaker from another country.

Green beans have a different word in all 6 countries in our table.

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