sofrito

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noun

A sautéed mixture of chopped onions, garlic, and tomato and/or (chili) peppers, and sometimes carrots, celery, and/or herbs, used as the beginning point of a dish, especially in Hispanic or Portuguese cuisine.

OriginSpanish sofrito →
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Meanings

nounsofrito (countable and uncountable, plural sofritos)

plural sofritos

  1. countableuncountablecookingA sautéed mixture of chopped onions, garlic, and tomato and/or (chili) peppers, and sometimes carrots, celery, and/or herbs, used as the beginning point of a dish, especially in Hispanic or Portuguese cuisine.

    "Should I do it?" Jimmy asked again, finishing off his beer and using a piece of bread to sop up the sofrito.

    1996, Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow, Ballantine Books, published 2008, page 18

Origin

  1. Spanishsofrito
  2. Englishsofrito

Borrowed from Spanish sofrito. Doublet of soffritto.

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Translations

Spanish sofrito
  • sofritonoun
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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