carnitas
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish carnitas, diminutive of carne (“meat”).
Noun edit
carnitas pl (plural only)
- A Mexican dish involving strips of braised or roasted pork.
- 2007 January 23, Scott Lindquist, As Told To Christopher Elliott, “A Yankee Chef With a Mexican Flavor”, in New York Times[1]:
- I was trying to bring supplies across the border to cook a trio of ceviche — marinated raw fish in lime — and duck carnitas with mole coloradito, for the festival’s gala dinner.
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From carne (“meat”) + -ita (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
carnitas f pl (plural only)
Further reading edit
- “carnitas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014