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barbacoa

barbacoa

Meaning

  1. barbecue (fireplace or pit for grilling food)
  2. meats (traditionally from the inside of a cow's cheek or jaw) or a whole sheep slow cooked over an open fire, or more traditionally, in a hole dug in the ground covered with maguey leaves, although the interpretation is loose
  3. meat steamed until tender (most common present use)

Hyphenated as
bar‧ba‧co‧a
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/baɾbaˈkoa/

Related words
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