Etymology

stone soup

Today it means: A traditional Portuguese thick soup typically made with pork and vegetables. Full definition →

Portuguese sopa de pedra
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  1. Portuguese · calque ofsopa de pedra
  2. English todaystone soup

Calque of Portuguese sopa de pedra, after a tale in which a traveller places a stone in a cooking-pot and tricks the locals into contributing ingredients; see “Stone Soup”.

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