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linguica

/lɪŋˈɡwiːsə/

linguica noun: a Portuguese garlic and paprika seasoned smoke cured pork sausage.

linguica: a Portuguese garlic and paprika seasoned smoke cured pork sausage
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Noun

linguica (countable and uncountable, plural linguicas)

  1. A Portuguese garlic and paprika seasoned smoke cured pork sausage.
    • Heritage Foods now offers linguiça from the sausage maker the Mayor, in Richmond, Va. The signature Portuguese sausage harbors the paprika spice of chorizo but with the fire dampened, and a finer texture, but it brings on the garlic like kielbasa.2022 April 18, Florence Fabricant, “Just in Time for Grilling Season”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of linguica

plurallinguicas
alternative formlinguiça

Origin of linguica

From Portuguese linguiça (“sausage”). Doublet of longaniza and longganisa.

Questions about linguica

What does linguica mean?
Linguica means a Portuguese garlic and paprika seasoned smoke cured pork sausage.
What part of speech is linguica?
Linguica is a noun.
How do you pronounce linguica?
Linguica is pronounced /lɪŋˈɡwiːsə/.
What is the plural of linguica?
The plural of linguica is linguicas.

Words near linguica in the dictionary

  1. linguatulosis
  2. lingue franche
  3. lingueme
  4. linguemes
  5. Lingui
  6. linguica
  7. linguicas
  8. linguicidal
  9. linguicide
  10. linguicism
  11. linguicisms

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