morcilla

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noun

A Spanish blood sausage, sometimes with rice and onions as ingredients.

OriginSpanish morcilla →
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Meanings

nounmorcilla (plural morcillas)

plural morcillas

  1. A Spanish blood sausage, sometimes with rice and onions as ingredients.

    As I tasted the reds from Bierzo, I wanted food that was dark, rich and earthy.[…] A plate of nicely seared morcilla, or French boudin noir, would be enough alongside these wines.

    2009 March 17, Florence Fabricant, “Chicken With Morcilla and Peppers”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin

  1. Spanishmorcilla
  2. Englishmorcilla

From Spanish morcilla.

More words from Spanish

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Translations

Catalan botifarró
  • botifarróSpanish blood sausage
Spanish morcilla
  • morcillaSpanish blood sausage
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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