Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cachupa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cachu-pa
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A slow-cooked stew of hominy, beans, cassava, sweet potato, and fish or meat, a traditional dish of Cape Verde.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A one-pot meal, cachupa, is unofficially the national dish of Cape Verde, a drought-stricken archipelago off the western bulge of Africa. The dish is chock-full of cassava, seasoned sausages, corn and potatoes."

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cachupa.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does cachupa mean?: A slow-cooked stew of hominy, beans, cassava, sweet potato, and fish or meat, a traditional dish of Cape Verde.
Where does cachupa come from?: Borrowed from Portuguese cachupa.

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