menudo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish menudo. Doublet of minute and menu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪˈnuːdəʊ/
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.
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish menudo, from Latin minūtus (“small, little”). Doublet of minuto and menu.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: me‧nu‧do
Verb
menudo
- to sell the smaller contents of an item separately
Noun
menudo
- the sale of such item
- an item sold this way
Spanish
Etymology
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 menudo
- menudencia
- por menudo
Noun
menudo m (plural menudos)
A bowl of menudo (soup)
- (Mexico, cooking) a traditional Mexican spicy soup made with tripe
- Synonym: pancita
- (Mexico, cooking) tripes (used as food)
Descendants
- → Cebuano: menudo
- → English: menudo
- → Tagalog: menudo
Further reading
- “menudo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish menudo (“small bits; tripe stew”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: me‧nu‧do
- IPA(key): /meˈnudo/, [meˈnu.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
- apritada
- kaldereta
- metsado
References
- “menudo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018