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milanesa

milanesa noun: a thin slice of beef or another meat, dipped into beaten eggs, seasoned with salt and other condiments (like parsley and garlic), dipped in breadcrumbs and shallow-fried in oil, typical of Argentina.

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Noun

milanesa (plural milanesas)

  1. A thin slice of beef or another meat, dipped into beaten eggs, seasoned with salt and other condiments (like parsley and garlic), dipped in breadcrumbs and shallow-fried in oil, typical of Argentina.
    • I’ve had genuine delicate Wiener schnitzel in Vienna, authentic big-as-a-plate Milanese cutlets in Milan and the well-loved Milanesa in Argentina, sometimes as a sandwich.2013 September 20, David Tanis, “Breaded and Fried Cutlets Can’t Miss”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of milanesa

pluralmilanesas

Origin of milanesa

From Spanish milanesa.

Questions about milanesa

What does milanesa mean?
Milanesa means a thin slice of beef or another meat, dipped into beaten eggs, seasoned with salt and other condiments (like parsley and garlic), dipped in breadcrumbs and shallow-fried in oil, typical of Argentina.
What part of speech is milanesa?
Milanesa is a noun.
What is the plural of milanesa?
The plural of milanesa is milanesas.

Words near milanesa in the dictionary

  1. Milana
  2. Milanau
  3. Milanaus
  4. Milaner
  5. Milaners
  6. milanesa
  7. milanesas
  8. Milanese
  9. Milanese chant
  10. Milaneses
  11. Milani

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