crudo

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/ˈkɹuːdəʊ/

noun

A dish made of raw fish or seafood.

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Meanings

nouncrudo (countable and uncountable, plural crudos)

plural crudos

  1. countableuncountableA dish made of raw fish or seafood.

    Then, a few years back, poke started appearing on stray restaurant menus, sometimes identified as Hawaiian crudo or ceviche.

    2016 February 4, Ligaya Mishan, “Poke Reaches the Shores of Manhattan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
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    Food, like fashion, has a brutally short trend cycle, as the trickle-down from San Sebastián to Smith Street takes barely a season. So, this year's crudo could be next year's tuna carpaccio.

    2004 November 7, Christine Muhlke, “The Remix; Expiration Date”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin

  1. Italiancrudo
  2. Englishcrudo

Borrowed from Italian crudo (literally “raw”). Doublet of crude.

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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