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cebiche.

ceviche (raw seafood cured by marination in an acidic medium such as citrus, vinegar, or other souring agent, found primarily in Latin America)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/θeˈbit͡ʃe/[θeˈβ̞i.t͡ʃe]/seˈbit͡ʃe/[seˈβ̞i.t͡ʃe]
  1. ceviche (raw seafood cured by marination in an acidic medium such as citrus, vinegar, or other souring agent, found primarily in Latin America)

    Latin-America · countable · masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Theories include: * from cebo + -iche * from Andalusian Arabic [Term?], from Arabic سِكْبَاج m (sikbāj), سِكْبَاجَة f (sikbāja, “the dish sikbaj, meat cooked in vinegar”), from Middle Persian *sḵbʾk' (*sikbāg) (whence Persian سکبا (sekbâ)), in which case cebiche is cognate to Portuguese escabeche and a doublet of escabeche; possibly through earlier *cibeche which underwent metathesis under the influence of cebo * from Quechua siwichi (“undercooked; ceviche”).

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