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bacalao

bacalao is the alternative spelling of bacalhau.

Meaning of bacalhau

Noun

bacalhau (uncountable)

  1. Dried salted cod; salt cod; klipfish.

Origin of bacalao

Borrowed from Spanish bacalao. Doublet of bacalhau and baccala.

Questions about bacalao

What is bacalao the alternative spelling of?
Bacalao is the alternative spelling of bacalhau.

Words near bacalao in the dictionary

  1. Babœuf
  2. bac
  3. Baca
  4. Baca County
  5. Bacacay
  6. bacalao
  7. bacalhau
  8. Bacall
  9. Bacallao
  10. Bacallaos
  11. Bacalls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bacalao (page history and authors); bacalhau (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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