alambre

Borrowed from Spanish alambre (“wire”), possibly because the ingredients were originally cooked kebab-style, skewered on wires.

alambre (plural alambres)

1. A Mexican dish, consisting of meat (usually grilled beef) topped with cheese, salsa, and chopped bacon, onion, and pepper.
   • 2007, Roberto Santiba–ez, Rosa's New Mexican Table, Artisan Books (→ISBN), page 204:

     At Rosa Mexicano, alambres are removed from the skewers before they are brought to the table and served on rice that is flanked with Cooked Green Salsa (page 114) and a sauce similar to Roasted Tomatillo-Chipotle Sauce (page 201), [...]

• Marable, armable

From Spanish alambre.

alambre

1. wire

From Arabicالعَنْبَر‎ (al-ʿanbar).

alambre m (plural alambres)

1. amber (fossil resin)

• âmbar

• arambre (obsolete)

From older arambre, from Old Spanish aramne (“bronze”), from Vulgar Latin *aramen, aramine, from Late Latin aerāmen, aerāminis (“copper, bronze”), from Latin aes, from Proto-Italic *aos, early *ajos, from Proto-Indo-European *áyos, h₂éyos.

• IPA^(key): /aˈlambɾe/, [aˈlãmbɾe]
• Rhymes: -ambɾe

alambre m (plural alambres)

1. wire (metal formed into a long, narrow thread)
2. wire (a thread of metal)
3. alambre (Mexican food dish consisting of meat topped with cheese, salsa, and chopped bacon, pepper and onion)

• “alambre” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Borrowed from Spanish alambre (“wire”).

alambre

1. wire

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