linguica

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/lɪŋˈɡwiːsə//lɪŋˈɡwaɪkə/

noun

A Portuguese garlic and paprika seasoned smoke cured pork sausage.

OriginPortuguese linguiça →
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Meanings

nounlinguica (countable and uncountable, plural linguicas)

plural linguicas · alternative linguiça

  1. countableuncountableA Portuguese garlic and paprika seasoned smoke cured pork sausage.

    Heritage Foods now offers linguiça from the sausage maker the Mayor, in Richmond, Va. The signature Portuguese sausage harbors the paprika spice of chorizo but with the fire dampened, and a finer texture, but it brings on the garlic like kielbasa.

    2022 April 18, Florence Fabricant, “Just in Time for Grilling Season”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin

  1. Portugueselinguiça“sausage”
  2. Englishlinguica

From Portuguese linguiça (“sausage”). Doublet of longaniza and longganisa.

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Translations

Portuguese linguiça
  • linguiçaPortuguese garlic and paprika seasoned smoke cured pork sausage
Spanish lingüiça, longaniza
  • lingüiçaPortuguese garlic and paprika seasoned smoke cured pork sausage
  • longanizaPortuguese garlic and paprika seasoned smoke cured pork sausage
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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