espetada

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noun

A Portuguese dish made usually from large chunks of beef rubbed in garlic and salt, skewered onto a bay leaf stick with vegetables and left to grill over smouldering wood chips.

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Meanings

nounespetada (plural espetadas)

plural espetadas

  1. A Portuguese dish made usually from large chunks of beef rubbed in garlic and salt, skewered onto a bay leaf stick with vegetables and left to grill over smouldering wood chips.

Origin

  1. Portugueseespetada
  2. Englishespetada

Borrowed from Portuguese espetada, literally "(something) skewered."

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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