ropa vieja

English

Etymology

From Spanish ropa vieja (literally “old clothes”).

Noun

ropa vieja (uncountable)

1. A Hispanic dish made from shredded beef cooked in a tomato sauce.

Spanish

Noun

ropa vieja f (uncountable)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ropa,‎ vieja: old clothes
2. ropa vieja

Further reading

• “ropa vieja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10