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carne asada

carne asada noun: grilled, sliced beef steak, as an element of Latin American cuisine.

Noun

carne asada (uncountable)

  1. Grilled, sliced beef steak, as an element of Latin American cuisine.
    • We stood in the kitchen as I heated beans and carne asada, some tortillas Consuela had made, my hands shaking.2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 307

Origin of carne asada

From Spanish carne asada (“grilled meat”).

Questions about carne asada

What does carne asada mean?
Carne asada means grilled, sliced beef steak, as an element of Latin American cuisine.
What part of speech is carne asada?
Carne asada is a noun.

Words near carne asada in the dictionary

  1. Carnavon
  2. Carnbroe
  3. Carnby
  4. Carndonagh
  5. Carne
  6. carne asada
  7. carne norte
  8. carne norte guisado
  9. Carneadean
  10. Carneal
  11. Carneals

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