Masculine

pernil

Meaning

  1. (masculine) ham leg of pork
  2. (Chile, masculine) knuckle of pork
  3. (Venezuela, masculine) dish made out of ham leg
  4. (Colombia, masculine) chicken thigh and leg

Concepts

Hyphenated as
per‧nil
Pronounced as (IPA)
/peɾˈnil/
Etymology

From Latin perna (“leg”) with the suffix -il indicating parts of the body.

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