menudo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish menudo. Doublet of minute and menu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪˈnuːdəʊ/
- Hyphenation: me‧nu‧do
Noun
menudo (countable and uncountable, plural menudos)
- A traditional Mexican soup made with tripe and chili peppers.
- A traditional stew from the Philippines, made with sliced pork and calf's liver in tomato sauce.
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish menudo, from Latin minūtus (“small, little”). Doublet of minuto and menu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈnudo/ [meˈn̪u.d̪o]
- Hyphenation: me‧nu‧do
Verb
menúdo (Badlit spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜓᜇᜓ)
- to sell the smaller contents of an item separately
Noun
menúdo
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin minūtus (“small, little”). Doublet of minuto, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈnudo/ [meˈnu.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -udo
- Syllabification: me‧nu‧do
Adjective
menudo (feminine menuda, masculine plural menudos, feminine plural menudas)
- what (a/an) (intensifier, followed by a noun)
- ¡Menudo capullo!
- What a plonker!
- ¡Menuda casa de lujo!
- What a fancy house!
- small, tiny
- insignificant
Derived terms
- a la menuda
- a menudo
- al por menudo
- menudencia
- por menudo
Noun
menudo m (plural menudos)
- (Mexico, Andalusia, cooking) a traditional Mexican spicy soup made with tripe
- Synonym: pancita
- (Mexico, Andalusia, cooking) tripes (used as food)
- (Dominican Republic) money, usually a singular unit (dollar or peso)
Descendants
Further reading
- “menudo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “menudo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
- Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023) “menudo”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
- menudo | Diccionario • DELE Ahora
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish menudo (“small bits; tripe stew”), from Latin minūtus (“small, little”). Doublet of menu and minuto.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /meˈnudo/ [mɛˈn̪uː.d̪o]
- Rhymes: -udo
- Syllabification: me‧nu‧do
Noun
menudo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜓᜇᜓ)
- menudo (dish of cubes of pork and liver cooked with potato cubes and with tomatoes and spices)
- selling goods directly to consumers per piece
Related terms
See also
References
- “menudo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018