picadillo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish picadillo.
Noun
picadillo
- Any of various Spanish or South American dishes made with chopped vegetables and sometimes ground beef.
Alternative forms
See also
- Not to be confused with peccadillo.
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pikaˈdiʝo/ [pi.kaˈð̞i.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /pikaˈdiʎo/ [pi.kaˈð̞i.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /pikaˈdiʃo/ [pi.kaˈð̞i.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /pikaˈdiʒo/ [pi.kaˈð̞i.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: pi‧ca‧di‧llo
Noun
picadillo m (plural picadillos)
- salad (made of chopped food)
- minced meat
- Synonym: carne molida
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “picadillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025