home-fried potatoes
- noun
:
papas fritas caseras
- For breakfast, I enjoyed crispy home-fried potatoes alongside my eggs.
Examples
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The restaurant's special included grilled chicken with a side of home-fried potatoes.
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She seasoned the home-fried potatoes with herbs for an extra burst of flavor.
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Mix a little into diced home-fried potatoes, or even hash, just before serving.
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Synonyms
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Fried potato pieces that are brown and crisp, often served with breakfast
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Morphology
home-fried + potato
The meaning is directly compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'home' (at or made in the home), 'fried' (cooked in fat), and 'potato' can infer 'potatoes fried at home' or in a home-style. This follows a productive pattern in English (home-cooked, home-made) and is cross-linguistically familiar, so the phrase is immediately understandable from its parts.
Etymology
Home-fried potatoes shows a simple picture: sliced potatoes cooked in a pan at home until they are brown and crisp. That's why it means a plain, 'homemade' side dish of fried potatoes, the kind you would make at home rather than thin restaurant fries.