English translation: spears of asparagus/asparagus spears
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Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO] Cooking / Culinary
Spanish term or phrase:asparagus (in plural)
Please, I need the plural of "asparagus". I've found three options: "asparagoi"(from Greek), "asparagi"(from Latin) and "asparagus"(just leaving it the same).
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Usually we leave it the same: \"I ate a huge helping of asparagus.\" But if you need an exact number, you call it \"spears.\" I spent two summers canning whole-spear asparagus!
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Webster\'s 10th New Collegiate shows the plural as -gus.
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Usually we leave it the same: \"I ate a huge helping of asparagus.\" But if you need an exact number, you call it \"spears.\" I spent two summers canning whole-spear asparagus!
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Webster\'s 10th New Collegiate shows the plural as -gus.
JaneTranslates Puerto Rico Local time: 17:38 Native speaker of: English
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peer agreement (net): +8