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cuchifrito

cuchifrito noun: a dish of Puerto Rican origin, made of fried pork.

Noun

cuchifrito (countable and uncountable, plural cuchifritos)

  1. A dish of Puerto Rican origin, made of fried pork.
    • I quickly fell in love with El Barrio, where I ate cuchifrito and listened to music on the rooftop with my neighbors.2007 November 11, Janice Eidus, “The Wanderer”, in New York Times

Forms of cuchifrito

pluralcuchifritos

Origin of cuchifrito

From Spanish cuchifrito, from cuchí (from cochino) + frito.

Questions about cuchifrito

What does cuchifrito mean?
Cuchifrito means a dish of Puerto Rican origin, made of fried pork.
What part of speech is cuchifrito?
Cuchifrito is a noun.
What is the plural of cuchifrito?
The plural of cuchifrito is cuchifritos.

Words near cuchifrito in the dictionary

  1. Cuccia
  2. Cuccias
  3. Cuccinelli
  4. Cuccis
  5. Cucerdea
  6. cuchifrito
  7. cuchifritos
  8. cuchinta
  9. cuchufli
  10. Cuci
  11. Cucinotta

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