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Meaning of papaya



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

papaya
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Fruit of the papayo tree. Its scientific name is Carica papaya. It belongs to the Caricaceae family. It is also called bomb fruit, milky. papayon, olocoton. In Colombia and colloquially it means opportunity, conjuncture, chance, occasion, eventuality or bargain, advantage, mummy, profit, unexpected benefit.

  



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1º_ Fruit of the papayo . 2º_ Several objects with the shape of the previous one, such as grenades or throwing bombs that the guerrillas usually use in Colombia. See papayazo . 3º_ Naïve, who gives advantages to others to his own detriment; by extension it is said of something easy to do or get, of an opportunity. The origin seems to be in how easy the papayo tree grows when planting its seeds. See "papaya puesta, papaya partida". 4º_ In some places it is a vulgar name for the vulva.

  










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