sobrassada

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan sobrassada, from Italian soprassata.

Noun

sobrassada (countable and uncountable, plural sobrassadas)

  1. A spiced, cured pork sausage from the Balearic Islands.
    Coordinate term: soppressata
    • 2012, Seamus Mullen, Seamus Mullen's Hero Food, Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN, page 108:
      I love the rich flavor of the duck eggs with the spicy sobrassada and sweetness of quince paste.
    • 2015 April 17, Lisa Abend, “Sweet and Salty: Majorca’s Traditional Cuisine”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
      He squeezed oranges for juice to go with the botifarra, a pork sausage spiced with cloves and cumin, and the spreadable sobrassada, tinted red from Majorcan paprika.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian soprassata.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [su.βɾəˈsa.ðə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [so.bɾəˈsa.ðə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [so.bɾaˈsa.ða]
  • Audio (Valencia):(file)

Noun

sobrassada f (plural sobrassades)

  1. sobrassada (a type of sausage from the Balearic Islands)

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