Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mondongo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mon-don-go
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Latin American soup made from tripe.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Saturdays and Sundays Cruz offers a pan con lechon (roast pork sandwich) and mondongo (tripe soup)."
"On weekends the cafe is crowded with families, many of whom come for the specials, such as bacalao guisado (codfish stew), mondongo (tripe soup), and, for those craving the flavors of the old country, cuchifrito (fried pig's ears)."
"With small crosses made from palm fronds pinned to their shirts, the devils sweated and danced into a trancelike state before resting at midday for a meal of mondongo, a soup made with slow-cooked beef tripe and pigs’ feet."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mondongo (“tripe”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: mondongo

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

mondongos (plural)

Questions

What does mondongo mean?: A Latin American soup made from tripe.
Where does mondongo come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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