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picadillo

picadillo noun: any of various Spanish or South American dishes made with chopped vegetables and sometimes ground beef.

Noun

picadillo

  1. Any of various Spanish or South American dishes made with chopped vegetables and sometimes ground beef.

Forms of picadillo

alternative formpiccadillo

Origin of picadillo

Borrowed from Spanish picadillo.

Questions about picadillo

What does picadillo mean?
Picadillo means any of various Spanish or South American dishes made with chopped vegetables and sometimes ground beef.
What part of speech is picadillo?
Picadillo is a noun.

Words near picadillo in the dictionary

  1. pica stick
  2. pica sticks
  3. Picabian
  4. Picabo
  5. picadill
  6. picadillo
  7. picadills
  8. Picado
  9. picador
  10. picadores
  11. picadors

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