mandonguilla

Concepts

meatball

dumpling

🥟

patty

Synonyms

pilota

nyoqui

Translations

albóndiga

boulette

almôndega

polpetta

Frikadelle

Fleischpflanzl

köfte

Klops

κεφτές

ravioli

Fleischklößchen

Fleischpflanzerl

Faschiertes Laibchen

Hacktätschli

Fleischküchle

Pronounced as (IPA)

[mən.duŋˈɡi.ʎə]

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish: almondiguilla

In summary

Borrowed from Spanish almondiguilla (“little meatball”), influenced by mondongo (“tripe”). From Andalusian Arabic البُنْدُقَة (al-bunduqa, “the hazelnut”), from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut, pebble, bullet”), from Middle Persian pndk' (pondik, “hazelnut”), from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον (Pontikón káruon, “Pontic nut”). Compare Spanish albóndiga and Portuguese almôndega.