carnitas
English
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Etymology
From Spanish carnitas, diminutive of carne (“meat”).
Noun
- 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
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
carne (“meat”) + -ita (diminutive suffix)
Noun
carnitas f pl (plural only)
Further reading
- “carnitas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014