espetada

English

Etymology

Portuguese

Noun

espetada (plural espetadas)

  1. A Portuguese dish made usually from large chunks of beef rubbed in garlic and salt, skewered onto a bay leaf stick with vegetables and left to grill over smouldering wood chips.

Anagrams

Galician
Espetada or carne ao espeto, Pontevedra

Etymology

Attested since c. 1300: espeto (“spit, skewer”) +‎ -ada; compare caldeirada.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /esˈpeto̝/

Noun

espetada m (plural espetadas)

  1. (cooking) skewer; roasted meat
    • c1300, R. Martínez López (ed.), General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV. Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 243:
      mandou trager carne et fazer grandes espetadas della
      he ordered to bring meat and to do large skewers with it
    Synonym: carne ao espeto

Adjective

espetada f (masculine espetado, feminine plural espetadas, masculine plural espetados)

  1. feminine singular of espetado

Verb

espetada f sg

  1. feminine singular past participle of espetar

References
  • “espetada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “espetada” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “espetada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “espetada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Spanish

Verb

espetada f

  1. feminine singular of the past participle of espetar
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