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carnita

/kɑɹˈni.tə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
car-ni-ta
IPA
/kɑɹˈni.tə/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Tex-Mex dish featuring large amounts of slow-cooked pork held in a tortilla, similar to a taco.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish carnita.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /kɑɹˈni.tə/

Inflected Forms

carnitas (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce carnita?
The recorded pronunciation is /kɑɹˈni.tə/.
What does carnita mean?
A Tex-Mex dish featuring large amounts of slow-cooked pork held in a tortilla, similar to a taco.
Where does carnita come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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