Meanings
plural crudos
- 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, →ISSN1 more example
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
- Italiancrudo
- Englishcrudo
Borrowed from Italian crudo (literally “raw”). Doublet of crude.
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Cite this entry
crudo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crudo
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