garnacha

Spanish

Garnachas (the food)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾˈnat͡ʃa/ [ɡaɾˈna.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Syllabification: gar‧na‧cha

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Occitan garnacha, from Italian guarnaccia.

Noun

garnacha f (plural garnachas)

1. (historical) a type of clerical collar
2. a type of food made from corn tortilla (not rolled up) filled with various ingredients

Descendants

• → Belizean Creole: garnaaches (from the plural form)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Catalan garnatxa, from Old Catalan vernatxa, from Italian vernaccia.

Noun

garnacha f (plural garnachas)

1. grenache

Further reading

• “garnacha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28