morcilla
English
Noun
morcilla (plural morcillas)
- A Spanish blood sausage, sometimes with rice and onions as ingredients.
Spanish
Etymology
Uncertain; perhaps from the same root as morcón (“large blood sausage”).
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /moɾˈθiʎa/
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /morˈsiɟ͡ʝa/, [morˈsiʝa]
Derived terms
- dar morcilla
Further reading
- “morcilla” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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