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Terms in Catalan 251-260 of 1164

carbassó(n)

/kahr-bah-SOHns/
[Catalan] plural carbassóns

Courgette (US: zucchini) or marrow

carbonada

/kahr-boh-NAH-dah/
[Catalan] plural carbonadas

Cooked over charcoal. In Latin America it may also mean a stew of meat and rice with fruit.

carbonero

[Catalan] plural carboneros

Coal fish, saithe, coley, called pollock in the US. A cheap, marine fish related to cod and not unlike it. It has darker skin and lean, sweet flesh which is a translucent greyish-pink rather than white but lightens as it cooks. This is a good, everyday fish which is good in white fish dishes or is used for making imitation shellfish products.

card

[Catalan] plural cards

Cardoon

cargol

/KAHR-gohls/
[Catalan] plural cargols

Snail

cargolada

/kahr-goh-LAH-dah/
[Catalan]

Snails grilled or barbecued and served with aïoli and bread. It is traditionally served at a Catalonian feast of the same name on Easter Monday.

cargol de vera

[Catalan]

Murex. A knobbly sea snail or whelk from the coast of Andalucia where they are eaten cold. This mollusc was the source of the rare and expensive imperial purple.

cargolí de nacre

/kahr-GOH-lee de NAH-kreh/
[Catalan] plural cargolís de nacre

Sea snail. Winkle.

cargol punxenc

[Catalan]

Murex. A knobbly sea snail or whelk from the coast of Andalucia where they are eaten cold. This mollusc was the source of the rare and expensive imperial purple.

cargols a la catalana

/KAHR-gohls ah lah kah-tah-LAH-nah/
[Catalan]

"Snails in the style of Catalonia." Snails cooked in a tomato sauce.