morcilla

From Spanish morcilla.

morcilla (plural morcillas)

1. A Spanish blood sausage, sometimes with rice and onions as ingredients.
   • 2009 March 17, Florence Fabricant, “Chicken With Morcilla and Peppers”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     As I tasted the reds from Bierzo, I wanted food that was dark, rich and earthy. […] A plate of nicely seared morcilla, or French boudin noir, would be enough alongside these wines.

• prieta

Attested since the 18th century. Borrowed from Spanish morcilla, which substituted the inherited morcela.

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morcilla f (plural morcillas)

1. blood sausage, blood pudding

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “morcela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “morcilla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “morcilla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “morcilla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Uncertain; perhaps from the same root as morcón (“large blood sausage”).

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• Syllabification: mor‧ci‧lla

morcilla f (plural morcillas)

1. morcilla; Spanish blood sausage, black pudding

• → English: morcilla
• → Galician: morcilla
• → Hopi: monsiila
• → Portuguese: morcilha

morcilla

1. feminine singular of morcillo

• “morcilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10