overwordExplorer
SPANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

escabeche.

escabeche (a dish of fried fish, or other food, marinated in vinegar)

9 characters4 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/eskaˈbet͡ʃe/[es.kaˈβ̞e.t͡ʃe]

  1. escabeche (a dish of fried fish, or other food, marinated in vinegar)

    countable · masculine · uncountable

  2. pickle (food preserved by pickling in vinegar)

    countable · masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Andalusian Arabic اَلسُّكَّبَاج (as-sukkabáj), from Arabic اَلسِّكْبَاجَة (as-sikbāja), feminine of سِكْبَاج (sikbāj), from Middle Persian [script needed] (*sḵbʾk' /⁠*sikbāg⁠/) (whence Persian سکبا (sekbâ)). Cf. cebiche.

verb/eskaˈbet͡ʃe/[es.kaˈβ̞e.t͡ʃe]

  1. inflection of escabechar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of escabechar: third-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · singular · third-person
Where this word comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

escabeche has 9 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

escabeche studioescabeche workshello, escabeche

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.