Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lechonera

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: le-chon-era
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Latin American restaurant selling roasted pork.

Example Sentences

"According to Mr. Ayala, some of the best lechón is actually a short drive southwest of Guavate, at a lechonera called El Cuñao."

Etymology

From Spanish lechonera.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: lechonera

Inflected Forms

lechoneras (plural)

Questions

What does lechonera mean?: A Latin American restaurant selling roasted pork.
Where does lechonera come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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