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chili con carne

chili con carne

2 2.5
A spicy stew with ground beef, hot peppers, tomatoes, and beans
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃɪli kɒn ˈkɑrneɪ/
  • US
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  • Chili con carne.

I do a really, really tasty chili con carne.

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Examples

  • Willets, you just took delivery on 300 cases of chili con carne last week.

    Brubaker (1980)

  • No more chili con carne.

    The Company (2003)

  • And it's all like chilli con carne and spaggle ultimate cup of soup.

    Chris Williamson

  • Desiree is the foremost connoisseur of chili con carne and a TA at Coolidge.

    National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002)

  • Tonight, I am cooking chili con carne with beans and spices for dinner.

  • At the restaurant, I ordered a hearty chili con carne topped with cheese.

  • She prepared a flavorful chili con carne that was perfect for the cold weather.

Synonyms

chili
vschili con carne
  • US
84 1.5

A thick spicy stew with meat and beans often made with hot peppers

is the longer traditional name for the same stew

Surface Forms

chili con carne singular
chili con carnes plural

Morphology

chili + con + carne

The phrase is a literal Spanish-derived compound meaning 'chili with meat' — if a learner knows 'chili', 'con' (with) and 'carne' (meat) the overall meaning is directly compositional. Although it's a loanphrase, its semantics are transparent and easily derived from the constituents.

Etymology

Chili con carne comes from Spanish words: chili means 'pepper', con means 'with', and carne means 'meat'. The dish is a stew of peppers and meat, so the name literally says 'peppers with meat' and that's why it refers to a spicy meat stew today.