Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

croqueta

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cro-que-ta
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Cuban croquette, usually made of ham, beef, chicken, or fish, and generally based on flour rather than potatoes.

noun

A Spanish croquette, a typical tapas dish.

Example Sentences

"The restaurant’s croqueta, or savory fritters, are served piping hot, with a molten core."
"Then again this is Mayfair. A big, rustling bowl of deep-fried squid with a salty chilli kick cost £7.50; a generous pile of jamon croquetas, the shells giving way to something creamy and intensely hammy within, was 50p less."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish croqueta. Doublet of croquette.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: croqueta

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

croquetas (plural)

Questions

What does croqueta mean?: A Cuban croquette, usually made of ham, beef, chicken, or fish, and generally based on flour rather than potatoes.
Where does croqueta come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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