anticucho

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noun

A grilled and seasoned piece of meat, especially beef heart, of a kind popular in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounanticucho (plural anticuchos)

plural anticuchos

  1. A grilled and seasoned piece of meat, especially beef heart, of a kind popular in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.

Origin

  1. Quechuaanti kuchu
  2. Spanishanticucho
  3. Englishanticucho

From Spanish anticucho, from Quechua anti kuchu.

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APA

anticucho. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticucho

MLA

“anticucho.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticucho. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticucho,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticucho.

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