bacalao

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bacalao.

Noun

bacalao (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of bacalhau
    • 2003 September 5, A. LaBan, “Rooms With a View”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      House specialties also include a spicy, salty bacalao, pollack stew in a red or white sauce […] .

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque bakailao, the same source that gave Old Dutch bakeljauw, variant of kabeljauw.

Cognate to Italian baccalà, Portuguese bacalhau, Galician bacallau, Catalan bacallà.

Noun

bacalao m (plural bacalaos)

  1. cod
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