escabeche

Meaning

escabechar

  1. (transitive) to pickle
  2. (slang, transitive) to kill

Concepts

pickled tunny

soused fish

Frequency

43k
Hyphenated as
es‧ca‧be‧che
Pronounced as (IPA)
/eskaˈbet͡ʃe/
Etymology

In summary

From Andalusian Arabic اَلسُّكَّبَاج (as-sukkabáj), from Arabic اَلسِّكْبَاجَة (as-sikbāja), feminine of سِكْبَاج (sikbāj), from Middle Persian [script needed] (*sikbāg /⁠*sḵbʾk'⁠/) (whence Persian سکبا (sekbâ)).

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