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bacalao

ba·ca·lao
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bah-kuh-lou, bak-uh-; Spanish bah-kah-lah-aw]
    • /ˌbɑ kəˈlaʊ, ˌbæk ə-; Spanish ˌbɑ kɑˈlɑ ɔ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bah-kuh-lou, bak-uh-; Spanish bah-kah-lah-aw]
    • /ˌbɑ kəˈlaʊ, ˌbæk ə-; Spanish ˌbɑ kɑˈlɑ ɔ/

Definitions of bacalao word

  • noun bacalao dried salt cod 3
  • noun bacalao codfish, esp. when dried or salted for use as food 3
  • noun plural bacalao codfish, especially when dried and salted. 1
  • noun plural bacalao a dish of this, cooked with a tomato sauce, olives, garlic, etc. 1
  • noun bacalao Codfish, often dried or salted, as used in Spanish and Latin American cooking. 1
  • noun bacalao Alternative spelling of bacalhau. 0

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Origin of bacalao

First appearance:

before 1545
One of the 30% oldest English words
1545-55; < Spanish bacal(l)ao, probably < Basque bakaiļao, perhaps, by metathesis, < Gascon, the presumed source of Old French cabellau, cabillau (French cabillaud) fresh codfish, equivalent to Gascon cabilh, cabelh (diminutive of cap head; see chief) + a suffix, alluding to the fish's prominent head; though Medieval Latin (Flanders) cabellauwus, the earliest attestation of the form (compare Middle Dutch cab(b)eliau, Dutch kabeljauw) suggests a non-Rom, N European origin

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Parts of speech for Bacalao

noun
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adverb
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preposition
conjunction
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bacalao popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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