espetada
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese espetada, literally "(something) skewered."
Noun edit
espetada (plural espetadas)
- A Portuguese dish made usually from large chunks of beef rubbed in garlic and salt, skewered onto a bay leaf stick with vegetables and left to grill over smouldering wood chips.
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Attested since c. 1300: espeto (“spit, skewer”) + -ada; compare caldeirada.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
espetada m (plural espetadas)
- (cooking) skewer; roasted meat
- Synonym: carne ao espeto
- c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 243:
- mandou trager carne et fazer grandes espetadas della
- he ordered to bring meat and to do large skewers with it
Related terms edit
Adjective edit
espetada
Participle edit
espetada f sg
References edit
- “espetada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “espetada” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “espetada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “espetada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
espetada f (plural espetadas)
Participle edit
espetada f sg
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
espetada f sg