barbacoa

Significado

1. (feminine) barbecue (fireplace or pit for grilling food)
2. (feminine) 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. (feminine) meat steamed until tender (most common present use)

Hifenizado como

bar‧ba‧co‧a

Gênero

♀️ Feminino

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/baɾbaˈkoa/

Etimologia

Borrowed from Taíno barbakoa (“framework of sticks”), the raised wooden structure the Indians used to either sleep on or cure meat. Originally “meal of roasted meat or fish”.