cuchifrito

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noun

A dish of Puerto Rican origin, made of fried pork.

OriginSpanish cuchifrito →
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Meanings

nouncuchifrito (countable and uncountable, plural cuchifritos)

plural cuchifritos

  1. countableuncountableA dish of Puerto Rican origin, made of fried pork.

    I quickly fell in love with El Barrio, where I ate cuchifrito and listened to music on the rooftop with my neighbors.

    2007 November 11, Janice Eidus, “The Wanderer”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Spanishcuchifrito
  2. Englishcuchifrito

From Spanish cuchifrito, from cuchí (from cochino) + frito.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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