morisqueta

Spanish

Alternative forms

• moriqueta

Noun

morisqueta f (plural morisquetas)

1. funny face
2. a dish from Mexico, made of cooked rice, combined with beans, and served with a sauce of tomato, onion and garlic
3. (Philippines) rice cooked with water and without salt (called kanin in Tagalog)

Further reading

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