English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Catalan botifarra.

Noun

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botifarra (plural botifarras)

  1. A spiced pork sausage typical of Catalan cuisine.
    • 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

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botifarra blanca

Etymology

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From Late Latin buttis (cask, wineskin).

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Noun

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botifarra f (plural botifarres)

  1. botifarra (spiced sausage)
  2. (uncountable, card games) a Catalan card game
  3. a Catalan hand gesture indicating disapproval

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Spanish: butifarra

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Augmentative of bota (boot).

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bo.t͡ʃiˈfa.ʁɐ/ [bo.t͡ʃiˈfa.hɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /bo.t͡ʃiˈfa.ʁɐ/ [bo.t͡ʃiˈfa.χɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bo.t͡ʃiˈfa.ʁa/ [bo.t͡ʃiˈfa.ha]

  • Hyphenation: bo‧ti‧far‧ra

Noun

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botifarra f (plural botifarras)

  1. (colloquial) thick and large boot

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