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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Caldeirada de peixe

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kaldejˈɾada dɨ ˈpejʃɨ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fish stew/ˈfɪʃ stuː/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A caldeirada de peixe estava cheia de sabor e aromas marinhos."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A dish made of fish pieces cooked slowly in liquid with vegetables, herbs, and spices.

    "The coastal restaurant served a hot and fragrant fish stew with crusty bread."
  2. 2

    A traditional communal meal consisting primarily of various types of seafood simmered in a seasoned broth.

    "Every Sunday, the family gathered to share a large pot of spicy fish stew."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'fisc' (swimming vertebrate animal) combined with Old French 'estover' (to plunge into hot liquid, to provide for), evolving into a culinary term for seafood simmered in broth.

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