English

A serving of barbacoa

Noun

barbacoa ‎(uncountable)

1. Meat slow-cooked over an open fire, characteristic of Latin American cuisine
   • 2004 January 16, Mike Sula, “The Cooking Life”, in Chicago Reader:

     At first Andablo tried to make barbacoa with cow heads, but something about American beef didn't taste right. "

See also

• barbacoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Etymology

From Taino barbakoa ‎(“framework of sticks”), the raised wooden structure the Indians used to either sleep on or cure meat. Originally “meal of roasted meat or fish”.

Noun

barbacoa f ‎(plural barbacoas)

1. barbecue
2. meats (traditionally from the inside of a cow's cheek or jaw) or a whole sheep slow cooked over an open fire, or more traditionally, in a hole dug in the ground covered with maguey leaves, although the interpretation is loose.
3. Meat steamed until tender (most common present use).

Descendants

• English: barbecue