milanesa

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noun

A thin slice of beef or another meat, dipped into beaten eggs, seasoned with salt and other condiments (like parsley and garlic), dipped in breadcrumbs and shallow-fried in oil, typical of Argentina.

OriginSpanish milanesa →
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Meanings

nounmilanesa (plural milanesas)

plural milanesas

  1. A thin slice of beef or another meat, dipped into beaten eggs, seasoned with salt and other condiments (like parsley and garlic), dipped in breadcrumbs and shallow-fried in oil, typical of Argentina.

    I’ve had genuine delicate Wiener schnitzel in Vienna, authentic big-as-a-plate Milanese cutlets in Milan and the well-loved Milanesa in Argentina, sometimes as a sandwich.

    2013 September 20, David Tanis, “Breaded and Fried Cutlets Can’t Miss”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin

  1. Spanishmilanesa
  2. Englishmilanesa

From Spanish milanesa.

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Chicago

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

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