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bocarones

bocarones noun: anchovies or other small fish marinated in vinegar.

Noun

bocarones pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Anchovies or other small fish marinated in vinegar.
    • And perhaps to begin we will have some gambas, crawfish, and bocarones, small fish prepared in vinaigrette. Is that all right?” “It sounds wonderful,” Kristen said. And it was.2011, Barbara Faith, Happy Father's Day, →ISBN
    • “I don't suppose you've ever had bocarones?” He returned her smile. “You'd be right.” “They're filletted anchovies pickled in vinegar, them and a plate of gueldes—you'd have had them here as whitebait, deep-fried herring fry […]"2014, Patrick Taylor, An Irish Doctor in Peace and at War: An Irish Country Novel, →ISBN, page 260

Origin of bocarones

From Spanish boquerones.

Questions about bocarones

What does bocarones mean?
Bocarones means anchovies or other small fish marinated in vinegar.
What part of speech is bocarones?
Bocarones is a noun.

Words near bocarones in the dictionary

  1. Bocanegras
  2. bocaparvoviral
  3. bocaparvovirus
  4. bocaparvoviruses
  5. Bocardo
  6. bocarones
  7. bocasine
  8. BOCAT
  9. Bocaue
  10. bocaux
  11. bocaviral

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