pasilla

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English

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Two pasilla chilies

Etymology

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From the Spanish pasilla, diminutive of pasa (raisin).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pasilla (plural pasillas)

  1. A variety of chili (a dried chilaca), used especially in sauces.
    • 2007 April 18, Florence Fabricant, “A Serving of Kalderetang, and a Guy to Explain It”, in New York Times[1]:
      Is it worth $9.99 to have someone buy and cook short ribs, shred them, season them with chipotle, arbol and pasilla chilies, mix them with slices of nopales (cactus paddles), fill two soft tortillas with the mixture and slather them with a rich sauce so you can have beef short rib enchiladas with salsa mestiza and cactus for dinner?

Spanish

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Etymology

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From pasa +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /paˈsiʝa/ [paˈsi.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /paˈsiʎa/ [paˈsi.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /paˈsiʃa/ [paˈsi.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /paˈsiʒa/ [paˈsi.ʒa]

 

  • Syllabification: pa‧si‧lla

Noun

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pasilla f (plural pasillas)

  1. pasilla (chili)

Descendants

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  • English: pasilla