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moqueca

moqueca noun: a Brazilian stew from the state of Bahia, based on fish, onions, garlic, tomatoes, and cilantro.

Noun

moqueca (countable and uncountable, plural moquecas)

  1. A Brazilian stew from the state of Bahia, based on fish, onions, garlic, tomatoes, and cilantro.
    • Now he serves up such Bahian specialties as moqueca, a zesty shellfish stew simmered in rich coconut milk and rice ($16).1999 February 26, Don Rose, “Restaurant Tours: Nuevo Latino is heating up”, in Chicago Reader
    • Eating the crayfish moqueca was almost as painful at the outset as it was delicious.2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 180

Forms of moqueca

pluralmoquecas

Origin of moqueca

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese moqueca, borrowed from Kimbundu mukeka.

Questions about moqueca

What does moqueca mean?
Moqueca means a Brazilian stew from the state of Bahia, based on fish, onions, garlic, tomatoes, and cilantro.
What part of speech is moqueca?
Moqueca is a noun.
What is the plural of moqueca?
The plural of moqueca is moquecas.

Words near moqueca in the dictionary

  1. Mopán
  2. MOQ
  3. moqaddem
  4. moqaddems
  5. MOQs
  6. moqueca
  7. moquecas
  8. Moquegua
  9. Moquelumnan
  10. Moquet
  11. Moquets

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