Today's Spanish Word

POPCORN

When I was in school, I learned that the word for popcorn in Spanish was "palomitas" or "palomitas de maíz." Since coming to South America, I have heard at least three other words for popcorn.  I decided to look it up online and see if I could get some clarification regarding which word is used where. Here's what I found:

Argentina - pochoclos, pororó

Bolivia - pororó

Chile - cabritas

Colombia - crispetas, maíz tote

Cuba - rositas de maíz

Dominican Republic - cocaleca, rositas de maíz

Ecuador - canguil

Guatemala - poporopo

Panama - millo

Paraguay - pororó

Peru - canchitas

Uruguay - pop, pororó

Venezuela - cotufas, gallitos (regional)

General - palomitas de maíz, rosetas

Got it???