melon negro

English translation: black melon

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Spanish term or phrase:melon negro
English translation:black melon

20:32 May 17, 2011
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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Food & Drink / Fruit
Spanish term or phrase: melon negro
SPAIN: My colleague says this is a watermelon, but in Spain that would be "sandía"... but I don't actually know where the text was written so maybe they call it "melon negro" somewhere else...
"Fruitopia (Almería) ha iniciado ya la comercialización de melón y sandía con la marca de garantía de sabor ‘Dulce de Vega’: es un melón negro de un especial sabor, muy dulce y de textura suave, adornado por un importante porcentaje de escriturado (rayado amarillo sobre la piel verde oscura).
Sus sandías son tanto negras como blancas, con y sin pepitas, comercializadas en envases de dos a cuatro piezas, con un rojo intenso en su interior y también un alto grado de dulzor.)."
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 18:38
black melon
Explanation:
This is not the official name of a species or anything - it's just a description of a melon variety called Dulce de Vega which has a black skin.
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philgoddard
United States
Grading comment
Cheers Phil :)
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4black melon
philgoddard
Summary of reference entries provided
moon and stars variety
Rosa Paredes

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black melon


Explanation:
This is not the official name of a species or anything - it's just a description of a melon variety called Dulce de Vega which has a black skin.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Cheers Phil :)
Notes to answerer
Asker: Vheers. I kind of thought so, was going to call it that anyway, but we've never heard of or seen one ... maybe it's new...

Asker: Cheers.

Asker: The text then goes on to say it's actually dark green. I'm considering calling it a dark/er melon...


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  James A. Walsh
28 mins

agree  Charles Davis: So it seems. New to me, I must admit.
39 mins

agree  Isamar: I've seen dark green ones but not with yellow stripes!
10 hrs

agree  Yvonne Gallagher: yea, would leave it as "black"
14 hrs
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Reference comments


6 hrs
Reference: moon and stars variety

Reference information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon

Rosa Paredes
Canada
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
Note to reference poster
Asker: Sounds much nicer for a fruit! Cheers Rosa :)

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