What is a lime and lemon called in Spanish?!


Question: What is a lime and lemon called in Spanish?
I have been working in restaurants for over 20 years, and every time a certain question comes up without the same answer. I would like to know for the record what a Lemon and a Lime are in Spanish.

Answers:

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Lime is called limón everywhere. In Spain lemons are called limón. In Mexico lemon is called limón eureka or limón italiano.



In most Latin countries, what is called a lime in the USA is a limon. You don't see too many yellow larger lemons. The limon is very popular in Venezuela and is usually similar to a Key lime. I have heard yellow type lemons called limones amarillos. Also in some cases you will the word lima used.



Ha! You'll start a fight with this question. The Spanish linguistics professor at my U asks this question of each Morphology class. The answer is very region specific.

In Jalisco, MX, the small green limes are los limones and are everywhere and the larger yellow lemons are las limas and aren't commonly found except in big stores like WalMart.



I'm Mexican-American and live in Baja Mexico. Reading from the list of answers, Reynaldo is correct. Who ever gave him a thumbs down doesn't know the correct answer.

Lime is "limón" and Lemons aren't common in Latin America. The closest thing would be a "Lima" except a Lima is sweet and not sour.

Not many yellow lemons around here.

God bless.



Lima and limón.

http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/lim…
http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/lem…



lime: limon

lemon: limon


accent mard on the "o"



Lime-Lima
Lemon-Lemo`n (lemon but with this lil accent thing above the o)



Limon



le limon en francais




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