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beef salpicao

/ˌbif sɐlˈpiː.kaʊ̯/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
beef salpi-cao
IPA
/ˌbif sɐlˈpiː.kaʊ̯/
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Filipino dish of grilled beef (sirloin or ribeye) cubes sprinkled with grounded black pepper and minced garlic

Etymology

From beef + Philippine Spanish salpicao, the latter term is a Philippine Spanish pronunciation spelling form of Spanish salpicado (“sprinkled”), past participle of salpicar (“to sprinkle”). Compare Tagalog salpikaw.

Inflected Forms

beef salpicaos (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce beef salpicao?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌbif sɐlˈpiː.kaʊ̯/.
What does beef salpicao mean?
A Filipino dish of grilled beef (sirloin or ribeye) cubes sprinkled with grounded black pepper and minced garlic
Where does beef salpicao come from?
From beef + Philippine Spanish salpicao, the latter term is a Philippine Spanish pronunciation spelling form of Spanish salpicado (“sprinkled”), past participle of salpicar (“to sprinkle”). Compare Tagalog salpikaw.

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