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linguica

linguica

1 9.9
A spicy Portuguese pork sausage flavored with garlic and onions
  • noun
  • /lɪŋˈɡwiːsə/
  • US
: lingüica
  • The chef made a delicious stew with onions and linguica for added flavor.
  • linguica sausage

Examples

  • Have you tried linguica in your pasta?

  • Portuguese rolls with linguica and peppers are a favorite at local festivals.

  • The chef added slices of linguica to the traditional stew for extra flavor.

  • We bought some linguica at the farmers' market to grill for dinner.

  • I love linguica on my breakfast plate.

  • I bought some linguica from the market to use in my pasta dish.

  • For breakfast, I enjoyed scrambled eggs with spicy linguica and toast.

Synonyms

sausage
vslinguica
267 1.0

A food made from ground meat and spices in a thin skin

refers specifically to a Portuguese garlic and onion flavoured pork variety
chorizo
vslinguica
13 5.1

A spicy pork sausage from Spain or Mexico usually flavored with paprika

uses garlic and onions for its Portuguese seasoning rather than paprika
mortadella
vslinguica
2 6.8

A large Italian cooked sausage made from ground pork with small pieces of fat

is smaller and seasoned with garlic and onions rather than containing fat cubes
liver sausage
vslinguica
1 3.9

A soft meat spread people make from ground liver and spices

is based on regular pork and flavored with garlic and onions instead of liver
blutwurst
vslinguica
1 9.9

A German sausage made from pork and blood with spices

uses plain pork meat seasoned with garlic and onions not blood
saveloy
vslinguica
  • UK
9.9

A cooked spicy red pork sausage often eaten hot

is Portuguese and flavored mainly with garlic and onions

Surface Forms

linguica singular
linguicas plural

Etymology

Linguica comes from the Portuguese word linguiça, which comes from the Latin lingua 'tongue' because early sausages looked like small tongues. You can also see the same root in the English word language, so linguica became the name for this seasoned pork sausage flavored with garlic and onions.