morcilla

English

Etymology

From Spanish morcilla.

Noun

morcilla (plural morcillas)

1. A Spanish blood sausage, sometimes with rice and onions as ingredients.

Translations

Spanish blood sausage

• Catalan: botifarró m
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• Spanish: morcilla (es) f

See also

• prieta

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Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps from the same root as morcón (“large blood sausage”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (Spain) /moɾˈθiʝa/ [moɾˈθi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /moɾˈθiʝa/ [moɾˈθi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /moɾˈθiʎa/ [moɾˈθi.ʎa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /moɾˈsiʝa/ [moɾˈsi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /moɾˈsiʝa/ [moɾˈsi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains) /moɾˈsiʎa/ [moɾˈsi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /moɾˈsiʃa/ [moɾˈsi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /moɾˈsiʒa/ [moɾˈsi.ʒa]

Noun

morcilla f (plural morcillas)

1. blood sausage, black pudding

Derived terms

• dar morcilla

Descendants

• → English: morcilla
• → Hopi: monsiila

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001