piragua
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A Puerto Rican shaved ice dessert topped with sweet syrup
- noun
- /pɪˈrɑːɡwə/
- US
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piragua
- On a hot summer day, nothing beats a piragua served by the street vendor at the park.
Examples
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Ice cold piragua , parcha, china , cherry, strawberry and -Ice cold piragua , parcha ...
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Ice cold piragua , parcha, china , cherry, strawberry and -Ice cold piragua , parcha ...
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After lunch, we decided to cool off with a refreshing piragua topped with sweet coconut syrup.
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As we walked through the festival, the kids enjoyed their piragua while playing various games.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Piragua comes from the Taíno language and originally meant 'small canoe'. A helpful way to remember the Puerto Rican shaved-ice meaning is to imagine the sweet ice as a little 'boat' sold from small carts, which is why the same name is used for the treat.