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mondongo

mondongo noun: a Latin American soup made from tripe.

Noun

mondongo (usually uncountable, plural mondongos)

  1. (usually) A Latin American soup made from tripe.
    • Saturdays and Sundays Cruz offers a pan con lechon (roast pork sandwich) and mondongo (tripe soup).2002 August 2, A. LaBan, “Neighborhood Tours”, in Chicago Reader
    • On weekends the cafe is crowded with families, many of whom come for the specials, such as bacalao guisado (codfish stew), mondongo (tripe soup), and, for those craving the flavors of the old country, cuchifrito (fried pig's ears).2004 September 10, A. LaBan, Laura Levy Shatkin, Mike Sula, “Critic's Choice”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of mondongo

pluralmondongos

Origin of mondongo

Borrowed from Spanish mondongo (“tripe”).

Questions about mondongo

What does mondongo mean?
Mondongo means a Latin American soup made from tripe.
What part of speech is mondongo?
Mondongo is a noun.
What is the plural of mondongo?
The plural of mondongo is mondongos.

Words near mondongo in the dictionary

  1. Mondler
  2. mondmilch
  3. mondo
  4. mondo bizarro
  5. mondo-bizarro
  6. mondongo
  7. mondongos
  8. Mondor
  9. Mondor's disease
  10. Mondors
  11. mondos

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