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ensaimadas

ensaimadas is the plural of ensaimada.

Meaning of ensaimada

Noun

ensaimada (countable and uncountable, plural ensaimadas or ensaimades)

  1. A type of pastry originating from Mallorca made from flour, water, sugar, eggs, dough and reduced pork lard named saïm.
    • Hotel food is reasonably good, and rather British, except for breakfasts, when most hotels serve ensaimades, a puff pastry half way between a croissant and a Danish.1984 March 8, Peggy Speirs, “Doing the birdie on a long, long break”, in Evening Post, number 32,833, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 5
    Synonyms:
    ensaymada

Questions about ensaimadas

What is ensaimadas the plural of?
Ensaimadas is the plural of ensaimada.

Words near ensaimadas in the dictionary

  1. ensafe
  2. ensafed
  3. ensafes
  4. ensaffroned
  5. ensaimada
  6. ensaimadas
  7. ensaimades
  8. ensalada
  9. ensalada chilena
  10. ensample
  11. ensampled

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