escabeche

From Spanish escabeche, from Andalusian Arabic اَلسُّكَّبَاج (assukkabáj), from Arabic اَلسِّكْبَاجَة (as-sikbāja), feminine of سِكْبَاج (sikbāj), from Middle Persian *sḵbʾk' (*sikbāg) (whence Persian سکبا (sekbâ)). Possibly related to ceviche. Doublet of sikbaj.

escabeche (countable and uncountable, plural escabeches)

1. A dish of fish (sometimes chicken) first fried then marinated in a spiced vinegar and served cold.

escabeche

1. inflection of escabechar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /eskaˈbet͡ʃe/ [es.kaˈβ̞e.t͡ʃe]
• Rhymes: -etʃe
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧be‧che

From Andalusian Arabic اَلسُّكَّبَاج (as-sukkabáj), from Arabic اَلسِّكْبَاجَة (as-sikbāja), feminine of سِكْبَاج (sikbāj), from Middle Persian [script needed] (*sikbāg /⁠*sḵbʾk'⁠/) (whence Persian سکبا (sekbâ)).

escabeche m (plural escabeches)

1. escabeche
2. pickle (food preserved by pickling in vinegar)

• → Cebuano: eskabetse
• → English: escabeche
• → French: escabèche
• → Italian: scabeccio
• → Neapolitan: scapece
  • → Italian: scapece
• → Tagalog: eskabetse

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

escabeche

1. inflection of escabechar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “escabeche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014