pachamanca

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noun

An underground pit lined with hot stones and used for traditional Peruvian cooking.

OriginSpanish pachamanca ← Aymara pacha →
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Meanings

nounpachamanca (plural pachamancas)

plural pachamancas

  1. An underground pit lined with hot stones and used for traditional Peruvian cooking.
  2. A gathering in which food is cooked in a pachamanca.
  3. A traditional Peruvian dish of meat and vegetables characteristically baked with the aid of hot stones.

Origin

  1. Aymarapacha“earth”
  2. Spanishpachamanca
  3. Englishpachamanca

From Spanish pachamanca, from Aymara pacha (“earth”) + manq'a (“food”).

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APA

pachamanca. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pachamanca

MLA

“pachamanca.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pachamanca. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pachamanca,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pachamanca.

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