salpicón

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: salpicon

Spanish

[edit]
Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es
Salpicón de vaca

Etymology

[edit]

From salpicar +‎ -ón.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /salpiˈkon/ [sal.piˈkõn]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: sal‧pi‧cón

Noun

[edit]

salpicón m (plural salpicones)

  1. chopped, seasoned meat or seafood
  2. salad, fruit salad
    • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo I”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:
      Una olla de algo más vaca que carnero, salpicón las más noches, duelos y quebrantos los sábados, lantejas los viernes, algún palomino de añadidura los domingos, consumían las tres partes de su hacienda
      A pot of stew of rather more beef than mutton, a salad on most nights, scraps on Saturdays, lentils on Fridays, and a pigeon or so extra on Sundays, made away with three-quarters of his income.

Descendants

[edit]
  • Portuguese: salpicão

Further reading

[edit]