different between barbacoa vs machaca

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish barbacoa (whence also barbecue), from Taíno barbakoa (“framework of sticks”), the raised wooden structure the natives used to either sleep on or cure meat. Originally “meal of roasted meat or fish”.

Noun

barbacoa (uncountable)

1. Meat slow-cooked over an open fire, characteristic of Latin American cuisine.

Related terms

• barbecue

See also

• barbacoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /b??.b??ko.?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /b?r.b??ko.?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ba?.ba?ko.a/

Noun

barbacoa f (plural barbacoes)

1. barbecue (fireplace or pit for grilling food)
2. barbecue (meat that has been cooked in such an apparatus)

Further reading

• “barbacoa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “barbacoa” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “barbacoa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• barbacoa on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca

Spanish

Etymology

From Taíno 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”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?ba?koa/, [ba?.??a?ko.a]

Noun

barbacoa f (plural barbacoas)

1. barbecue (fireplace or pit for grilling food)
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)

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: barbecue

Further reading

• “barbacoa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• barbacoa on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

English

Etymology 1

From Spanish machacar (“to crush”).

Noun

machaca (usually uncountable, plural machacas)

1. A dish of meat baked, simmered and then dried, originating from north Mexico.

Synonyms

• machacado

Translations

Etymology 2

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Noun

machaca (plural machacas)

1. A type of planthopper from Central and South America, taxonomic name Fulgora laternaria

Translations

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?t??aka/, [ma?t??a.ka]

Noun

machaca f (plural machacas)

1. machada (meat)

   Synonym: machacado

2. machada (insect)

Derived terms

• (meat): machaca con huevo

Verb

machaca

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of machacar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of machacar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of machacar.