paçoca

See also: pacoca

Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Tupi apasok (“to crumble something with one’s hands”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ɔkɐ
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ço‧ca

Noun

paçoca f (plural paçocas)

  1. (Brazil, cooking) a Brazilian dish made of cassava flour and dried meat
  2. (Brazil, cooking) paçoca, a Brazilian sweet of Tupi origin generally consisting of a hard but fragile mass of ground peanuts, sugar and salt

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