"peanut"

Translation: arahidă

[Sandra_Moellney]

Both arahidă and alună are marked as correct for peanut, but what's the difference? When would I use which word?

[razvan.marin]

Arahidă should be right term for peanut, though we mostly call it alună instead. Alună (de pădure) actually refer to a hazel nut, but alună seems to be used with a broader sense.

[Sandra_Moellney]

Thanks. So would alună be the general term for nut?

[razvan.marin]

More like for peanut and hazelnut or anything similar looking in the edible form. We don't use it for example to mean walnut (nucă).

[Sandra_Moellney]

Ah, I see. Thanks for clearing that up. Mulțumesc! :-)

[Laurie.Anton]

Nuci would be the general term for nuts, arahidă is for peanut and alună is used for almonds

[abcdefg-1]

Actually "migdală" should be used for "almond."

[AndrewsSuzy]

Amazing - I've been learning "aharida (with accent) until now and suddenly it's marked wrong, despite both that and "aluna (with accent) being given on the drop-down answer! Grrrrrr

[abcdefg-1]

Maybe you should try "a-Ra-Hi-dă" next time.

[whereisalice]

i think alună is hazelnut from what i can remember of living in romania a while ago