alambre

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/ɑˈlɑmbɹeɪ/

noun

A Mexican dish, consisting of meat (usually grilled beef) topped with cheese, salsa, and chopped bacon, onion, and pepper.

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Meanings

nounalambre (plural alambres)

plural alambres

  1. A Mexican dish, consisting of meat (usually grilled beef) topped with cheese, salsa, and chopped bacon, onion, and pepper.

    At Rosa Mexicano, alambres are removed from the skewers before they are brought to the table and served on rice that is flanked with Cooked Green Salsa (page 114) and a sauce similar to Roasted Tomatillo-Chipotle Sauce (page 201), [...]

    2007, Roberto Santibañez, Rosa's New Mexican Table, Artisan Books, →ISBN, page 204

Origin

  1. Spanishalambre“wire”
  2. Englishalambre

Borrowed from Spanish alambre (“wire”), possibly because the ingredients were originally cooked kebab-style, skewered on wires.

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APA

alambre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alambre

MLA

“alambre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alambre. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alambre,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alambre.

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