alambre
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alambre (“wire”), possibly because the ingredients were originally cooked kebab-style, skewered on wires.
Noun
alambre (plural alambres)
- A Mexican dish, consisting of meat (usually grilled beef) topped with cheese, salsa, and chopped bacon, onion, and pepper.
- 2007, Roberto Santibañez, Rosa's New Mexican Table, Artisan Books, →ISBN, page 204:
- At Rosa Mexicano, alambres are removed from the skewers before they are brought to the table and served on rice that is flanked with Cooked Green Salsa (page 114) and a sauce similar to Roasted Tomatillo-Chipotle Sauce (page 201), [...]
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Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alambre.
Pronunciation
Noun
alambre
Derived terms
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Chavacano
Etymology
Noun
alambre
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic العَنْبَر (al-ʕanbar).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧lam‧bre
Noun
alambre m (plural alambres)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈlambɾe/
Audio (Spain): (file) Audio (Mexico): (file) - Rhymes: -ambɾe
- Syllabification: a‧lam‧bre
Etymology 1
From Old Spanish alambre, arambre, aramne (“bronze”), from Vulgar Latin *arāmen, variant of Late Latin aerāmen, derived from Latin aer-.
Alternative forms
Noun
alambre m (plural alambres)
- wire (metal formed into a long, narrow thread)
- wire (a thread of metal)
- alambre (Mexican food dish consisting of meat topped with cheese, salsa, and chopped bacon, pepper and onion)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
alambre
- inflection of alambrar:
Further reading
- “alambre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alambre.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈlambɾe/
- Rhymes: -ambɾe
- Syllabification: a‧lam‧bre
Noun
alambre (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜋ᜔ᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ)