🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

marsala

Pronunciation / Transliteration: marsala

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
marsala/mɑːˈsɑːlə/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O frango ao marsala é um prato clássico."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A strong sweet or dry Sicilian wine, often used in cooking or served as an aperitif or dessert wine.

    "The recipe calls for a half cup of dry marsala to create the rich mushroom sauce."

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Named after the port city of Marsala in western Sicily, where the fortified wine was first commercially produced.

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