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feijoada

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English

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Etymology

From Portuguese feijoada, from feijão (“bean”).

Pronunciation

Noun

feijoada (countable and uncountable, plural feijoadas)

  1. A stew of beans with beef and pork, considered the national dish of Brazil.
    • 2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 84:
      There are about a dozen kinds of beef and pork, fresh, smoked and salt, in a feijoada.
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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛj.ʒo.a.da/
  • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)

Noun

feijoada f (plural feijoadas)

  1. feijoada

Portuguese

Etymology

From feijão (“bean”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fe(j).ʒuˈa.dɐ/ [fe(ɪ̯).ʒʊˈa.dɐ], (faster pronunciation) /fe(j)ˈʒwa.dɐ/ [fe(ɪ̯)ˈʒwa.dɐ], /fe(j).ʒoˈa.dɐ/ [fe(ɪ̯).ʒoˈa.dɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fe(j).ʒoˈa.da/ [fe(ɪ̯).ʒoˈa.da]
 

  • Rhymes: -adɐ
  • Hyphenation: fei‧jo‧a‧da

Noun

feijoada f (plural feijoadas)

  2. (cooking) feijoada (dish made of beans and several kinds of meat)
  3. large quantity of beans
  4. (figurative) confusion, mess
  5. (humorous) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Usage notes

The base dish is made of beans and meat, but the match varies between regions. Brazilian feijoada, for example, is strictly made of black beans and pork, while the Trás-os-Montes variety uses red beans.

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