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coxinha

coxinha noun: a popular food consisting of chopped or shredded chicken meat, covered in dough, molded into a shape resembling a chicken leg, battered and fried.

Noun

coxinha (plural coxinhas)

  1. A popular food consisting of chopped or shredded chicken meat, covered in dough, molded into a shape resembling a chicken leg, battered and fried.

Forms of coxinha

pluralcoxinhas

Origin of coxinha

Borrowed from Portuguese coxinha.

Questions about coxinha

What does coxinha mean?
Coxinha means a popular food consisting of chopped or shredded chicken meat, covered in dough, molded into a shape resembling a chicken leg, battered and fried.
What part of speech is coxinha?
Coxinha is a noun.
What is the plural of coxinha?
The plural of coxinha is coxinhas.

Words near coxinha in the dictionary

  1. coxies
  2. coxiest
  3. coximetry
  4. coxiness
  5. coxing
  6. coxinha
  7. coxinhas
  8. coxite
  9. coxites
  10. coxitic
  11. coxitides

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