feijoada

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English

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Etymology

From Portuguese feijoada, from feijão (“bean”).

Pronunciation

Noun

feijoada (countable and uncountable, plural feijoadas)

  1. A stew of beans with beef and pork, considered the national dish of Brazil.
    • 2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 84:
      There are about a dozen kinds of beef and pork, fresh, smoked and salt, in a feijoada.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛj.ʒo.a.da/
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Noun

feijoada f (plural feijoadas)

  1. feijoada

Portuguese

1. Feijoada

Etymology

From feijão (“bean”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: fei‧jo‧a‧da

Noun

feijoada f (plural feijoadas)

  1. (cooking) feijoada (dish made of beans and several kinds of meat)
  2. large quantity of beans
  3. (figurative) confusion, mess
  4. (humorous) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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