gooseberry

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈgʊzbəri/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈgusˌbɛri, -bəri/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(go̅o̅sber′ē, -bə rē, go̅o̅z-)


Inflections of 'gooseberry' (n): npl: gooseberries
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
gooseberry n (fruit: sour green berry) (tipo de baya)uva crespa loc nom f
  grosella espinosa loc nom f
  uva espina loc nom f
  grosella silvestre loc nom f
 Miranda made a pie with fresh gooseberries.
 Miranda hizo un pay con uva crespa recién cosechada.
gooseberry n (shrub: gooseberry bush)uva espina loc nom f
  grosellero espinoso loc nom m
  grosellero silvestre loc nom m
 That's not a raspberry bush, it's a gooseberry.
 Ese no es un arbusto de zarzamoras; es una uva espina.
gooseberry n figurative, informal, UK (unwanted extra person) (ES: coloquial)carabina nf
  (ES: coloquial)sujetavelas n común inv
  (CO: coloquial)violinista n común
  (AmL: coloquial)chaperón, chaperona nm, nf
 When his sister and her boyfriend went to the cinema, Freddie was always the gooseberry, tagging along behind them.
 Cuando su hermana y su novio iban al cine, Freddie siempre hacía de carabina y los acompañaba.
gooseberry n as adj (flavored with gooseberry)de grosella loc adj
  de uva espina loc adj
 This gooseberry ice cream is delicious!
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Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
Barbados gooseberry n (treelike cactus)peresquia nf
Barbados gooseberry n (fruit of treelike cactus)fruto de la peresquia nm + loc adj
  baya de peresquia nf + loc adj
cape gooseberry,
Physalis
n
(plant originating in Peru)aguaymanto nm
  uchuva nf
  uvilla nf
Chinese gooseberry n mainly US (kiwi-bearing plant) (planta)grosellero chino loc nom m
Chinese gooseberry n dated (kiwi) (fruto)grosella china loc nom f
physalis,
Cape gooseberry
n
(fruit)uchuva nf
play gooseberry vtr + n UK, figurative, informal (be unwanted extra person) (ES: coloquial)hacer de carabina, ir de sujetavelas loc verb
  (MX: coloquial)hacer mal tercio loc verb
  (CO: coloquial)ir de violinista loc verb
  (AmL: coloquial)ir de chaperón, ir de chaperona loc verb
 Lisa did not want to play gooseberry on another couple's date.
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