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charqui

/ˈt͡ʃɑː.kiː/US/ˈt͡ʃɑɹ.ki/

charqui noun: jerky.

Noun

charqui (countable and uncountable, plural charquis)

  1. (Central-America, South-America, US, Western) jerky
    • When it was dark, we made a fire beneath a little arbour of bamboos, fried our charqui (or dried slips of beef), took our maté, and were quite comfortable.1839, Charles Darwin, Journal of Researches, John Murray, published 1913, page 273

Forms of charqui

pluralcharquis

Origin of charqui

From the same Quechua root as jerky, via Spanish.

Questions about charqui

What does charqui mean?
Charqui means jerky.
What part of speech is charqui?
Charqui is a noun.
How do you pronounce charqui?
Charqui is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɑɹ.ki/ (US).
What is the plural of charqui?
The plural of charqui is charquis.

Words near charqui in the dictionary

  1. Charpy machine
  2. Charpy machines
  3. Charpy test
  4. Charpy tests
  5. charqued
  6. charqui
  7. charquis
  8. charr
  9. charra
  10. charras
  11. charre

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