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linguica

/lɪŋˈɡwiːsə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lin-guica
IPA
/lɪŋˈɡwiːsə/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Portuguese garlic and paprika seasoned smoke cured pork sausage.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Portuguese linguiça (“sausage”). Doublet of longaniza and longganisa.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

linguicas (plural) linguiça (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce linguica?
The recorded pronunciation is /lɪŋˈɡwiːsə/.
What does linguica mean?
A Portuguese garlic and paprika seasoned smoke cured pork sausage.
Where does linguica come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

How to pronounce linguica

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  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/lɪŋˈɡwiːsə/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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