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sofrito

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
sofrito
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sautéed mixture of chopped onions, garlic, and tomato and/or (chili) peppers, and sometimes carrots, celery, and/or herbs, used as the beginning point of a dish, especially in Hispanic or Portuguese cuisine.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sofrito. Doublet of soffritto.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

sofritos (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

soffritto

Questions

What does sofrito mean?
A sautéed mixture of chopped onions, garlic, and tomato and/or (chili) peppers, and sometimes carrots, celery, and/or herbs, used as the beginning point of a dish, especially in Hispanic or Portuguese cuisine.
Where does sofrito come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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