picadillo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish picadillo.

Noun

picadillo

1. Any of various Spanish or South American dishes made with chopped vegetables and sometimes ground beef.

Alternative forms

• piccadillo

See also

• Not to be confused with peccadillo.

Anagrams

• calliopid

Spanish

Etymology

From picado +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pikaˈdiʝo/ [pi.kaˈð̞i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /pikaˈdiʝo/ [pi.kaˈð̞i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /pikaˈdiʎo/ [pi.kaˈð̞i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /pikaˈdiʃo/ [pi.kaˈð̞i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /pikaˈdiʒo/ [pi.kaˈð̞i.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo
• Rhymes: -iʎo
• Rhymes: -iʃo
• Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: pi‧ca‧di‧llo

Noun

picadillo m (plural picadillos)

1. salad (made of chopped food)
2. minced meat

   Synonym: carne molida

Related terms

• picar

 

See also

• albóndiga

Further reading

• “picadillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28