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feijoada

/feɪʒˈwɑːdə/

feijoada noun: a stew of beans with beef and pork, considered the national dish of Brazil.

Noun

feijoada (countable and uncountable, plural feijoadas)

  1. A stew of beans with beef and pork, considered the national dish of Brazil.
    • There are about a dozen kinds of beef and pork, fresh, smoked and salt, in a feijoada.2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 84
    • As well as salted lard and farinheira […], Carreira’s feijoada contains pork ribs, trotters and ears.2026 April 5, Felicity Cloake, “How to make the perfect Portuguese feijoada – recipe”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2026

Forms of feijoada

pluralfeijoadas

Origin of feijoada

Borrowed from Portuguese feijoada, from feijão (“bean”).

Words that rhyme with feijoada

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Questions about feijoada

What does feijoada mean?
Feijoada means a stew of beans with beef and pork, considered the national dish of Brazil.
What part of speech is feijoada?
Feijoada is a noun.
How do you pronounce feijoada?
Feijoada is pronounced /feɪʒˈwɑːdə/.
What is the plural of feijoada?
The plural of feijoada is feijoadas.

Words near feijoada in the dictionary

  1. feignings
  2. feigns
  3. Feigs
  4. Feijenoord
  5. feijoa
  6. feijoada
  7. feijoadas
  8. feijoas
  9. Feijom
  10. Feijoo
  11. Feijoos

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