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Terms in Catalan 71-80 of 1164

anques de granota

/AHN-kes deh grah-NOH-tah/
[Catalan]

Frog's legs

antxamarra

/ahn-cha-MAH-rah/
[Catalan]

Crab

apagallums

[Catalan]

Parasol mushroom. Good baked with butter and garlic, or fried.

api

/AH-pee/
[Catalan]

Celery

aranya

[Catalan] plural aranyas

Weever or dragon fish, used in soups. It is also a spider crab. Alec, of Padstow Angling Centre tells me that the greater weever is one of the finest fishes to eat. This is a place that knows its fish, so I look forward to trying it as soon as I can.

aranya

[Catalan] plural aranyas

Spider crab. This is a crab with little meat but what it has is well-flavoured. It has a large, oval spiked body and long, thin spidery legs, hence its name. It is also a weever.

arengada

/ah-ren-GAH-dah/
[Catalan] plural arengadas

Herring or salt herring.

arrebossats

/ah-reh-boo-SATS/
[Catalan]

"In a muffler." This actually means foods fried in flour or batter.

arròs

/ah-RRROS/
[Catalan]

Rice. Dishes which would be called paella in the region of Valencia would elsewhere be known as arroz.

arròs a banda

/ah-RROHS ah BAHN-dah/
[Catalan]

Rice cooked with a variety of seafood and served with alioli or romesco sauce. It looks like plain rice but has an intense seafood flavour. The rice and fish stock are served first, followed by the fish.