kaldereta
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English
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Etymology
From Tagalog kaldereta, from Spanish caldereta, from caldero + -eta.
Noun
kaldereta (uncountable)
- A goat stew from the Philippines, commonly made with vegetables and liver paste.
- 2016 June 30, Ligaya Mishan, “Phil-Am Kusina, a Ray of Philippine Sun on Staten Island”, in New York Times:
- Never mind: For $10 there is the revelation of kaldereta, a dark tomato stew originally taken from the Spanish and improved with liver pâté, the faint mineral tang like kissing a coin before it’s tossed.
Tagalog
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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish caldereta (“small boiler; stew”), from caldero + -eta. The food got its name because the stew was supposed to be cooked in a kettle or in a small cauldron. However, this is not usually done nowadays.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kaldeˈɾeta/
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: kal‧de‧re‧ta
Noun
kaldereta (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜇᜒᜆ)
- small cauldron
- kaldereta (goat stew from the Philippines, commonly made with vegetables and liver paste)
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References
- “kaldereta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018