picanha

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese picanha.

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Noun

Cooked picanha

picanha (countable and uncountable, plural picanhas)

  1. A cut of beef consisting of the biceps femoris muscle and its fat cap.
    Synonyms: rump cap, rump cover, sirloin cap, coulotte

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese picanha

Noun

picanha f (plural picanhas)

  1. picanha (a cut of beefsteak)

Hypernyms

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Spanish picaña, from earlier picana (“cattle prod”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

picanha f (plural picanhas)

  1. picanha (cut of beef)

Descendants

  • → English: picanha
  • → French: picanha

References

  1. ^ “picanha”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
  2. ^ “picanha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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