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> is the green/yellow/red (not spicy) vegetable that in english is called pepper

Bell pepper to be exact.



Yes, though bell pepper is I believe mainly US/Canada:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_pepper

>The terms bell pepper (US, Canada, Philippines), pepper or sweet pepper (UK, Ireland, South Africa, Zimbabwe), and capsicum (Australia, Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) are often used for any of the large bell-shaped peppers, regardless of their color. The fruit is simply referred to as a "pepper", or additionally by color ("green pepper" or red, yellow, orange, purple, brown, black).[6] In the Midland region of the U.S., bell peppers, either fresh or when stuffed and pickled, are sometimes called mangoes.




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