Portuguese

Terms in Portuguese 1911-1920 of 3077

mexerica

/meh-sheh-REE-kuh/

A variety of mandarin commonly called ponkan which is widely grown throughout the world. The rind is thick and fits loosely around the sweet fruit.

mexilhão

/meh-sheel-YOWNG/

[Portuguese] plural mexilhões

Mussel with orange flesh held in blue-black shells.

mexilhões à francillon

[Portuguese]

A salad from the north of mussels and potato with port.

migas

/MEE-guhs/

[Portuguese]

Balls. These may be lot of small meat or fishballs fried in olive oil with garlic and thickened with bread, or bread formed into balls and fried in lard for serving with pork ribs.

migas à Alentejana

/MEE-gaz ah ah-lehn-tuh-JAH-nah/

[Portuguese]

A thick soup based on bread and containing clams and garlic.

migas de bacalhau

/Meegush deu buh-kuhl-YOW/

[Portuguese]

Salt cod flavoured with garlic and thickened with bread.

milfolhas

/meel-FOHL-yush/

[Portuguese]

Puff pastry millefeuille with a cream filling.

Millet. Pearl millet. After rice and wheat this is the most important grain crop of India. It is used to make flour which is often used in the making of poppadums. Two types of millet are available, bulrush or bajra bajra (pearl millet - Pennisetum typhoideum) and finger millet (Eleusine coracana).