menudo

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish menudo. Doublet of minute and menu.

Pronunciation

Noun

menudo (countable and uncountable, plural menudos)

  1. A traditional Mexican soup made with tripe and chili peppers.
  2. A traditional stew from the Philippines, made with sliced pork and calf's liver in tomato sauce.

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish menudo, from Latin minūtus (“small, little”). Doublet of minuto and menu.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: me‧nu‧do

Verb

menudo

  1. to sell the smaller contents of an item separately

Noun

menudo

  1. the sale of such item
  2. an item sold this way

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin minūtus (“small, little”). Doublet of minuto, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈnudo/
  • Rhymes: -udo
  • Syllabification: me‧nu‧do

Adjective

menudo (feminine menuda, masculine plural menudos, feminine plural menudas)

  1. what (a/an) (intensifier, followed by a noun)
    ¡Menudo capullo!
    What a plonker!
    ¡Menuda casa de lujo!
    What a fancy house!
  2. small, tiny
  3. insignificant

Derived terms

Noun

menudo m (plural menudos)

 Menudo (comida) on Spanish Wikipedia
A bowl of menudo (soup)
  1. (Mexico, Andalusia, cooking) a traditional Mexican spicy soup made with tripe
    Synonym: pancita
  2. (Mexico, Andalusia, cooking) tripes (used as food)
  3. (Dominican Republic) money, usually a singular unit (dollar or peso)

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: menudo
  • → English: menudo
  • → Tagalog: menudo

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish menudo (“small bits; tripe stew”), from Latin minūtus (“small, little”). Doublet of minuto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈnudo/,
  • Hyphenation: me‧nu‧do

Noun

menudo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜓᜇᜓ)

  1. menudo (dish of cubes of pork and liver cooked with potato cubes and with tomatoes and spices)
  2. selling goods directly to consumers per piece

Related terms

References

  • “menudo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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