alambre
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alambre (“wire”), possibly because the ingredients were originally cooked kebab-style, skewered on wires.
Noun
alambre (plural alambres)
- A Mexican dish, consisting of meat (usually grilled beef) topped with cheese, salsa, and chopped bacon, onion, and pepper.
- 2007, Roberto Santibañez, Rosa's New Mexican Table, Artisan Books, →ISBN, page 204:
- At Rosa Mexicano, alambres are removed from the skewers before they are brought to the table and served on rice that is flanked with Cooked Green Salsa (page 114) and a sauce similar to Roasted Tomatillo-Chipotle Sauce (page 201), [...]
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧lam‧bre
- IPA(key): /ʔaˈlambɾe/, [ʔʌˈl̪am.bɾ̪ɪ]
Derived terms
- alambreng tunokon (“barbed wire”)
Related terms
- alambrilyo
- alambrero
Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈlambɾe/ [aˈlãm.bɾe]
Audio (Spain): (file) Audio (Mexico): (file) - Rhymes: -ambɾe
- Syllabification: a‧lam‧bre
Etymology 1
From Old Spanish alambre, arambre, aramne (“bronze”), from Vulgar Latin *arāmen, variant of Late Latin aerāmen, derived from Latin aer-.
Alternative forms
- arambre (obsolete)
Noun
alambre m (plural alambres)
Descendants
Verb
alambre
- inflection of alambrar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “alambre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈlambɾe/ [ʔɐˈlam.bɾɛ]
- Rhymes: -ambɾe
- Syllabification: a‧lam‧bre
Derived terms
- alambreng may-tinik
Related terms
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