mussarela
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- muçarela
- mozarela
- mozzarella
Noun
mussarela f (plural mussarelas)
- (proscribed) mozzarella (soft Italian cheese)
Usage notes
The form mussarela is proscribed due to the orthograpic rule stating that words borrowed from other languages must use ç instead of ss in the middle of a word. Some prescriptivist dictionaries write this word as muçarela.