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peito de galinha

/PAY-too deu guh-LEEN-yuh/
[Portuguese]

Chicken breast

peito e fralda

/PAY-too eh FRAHL-duh/
[Portuguese]

Breast and flank of lamb.

peixada

/pay-SHAH-duh/
[Portuguese]

A fish stew with vegetables in broth with tomatoes.

peixaria

/pay-shuh-REE-ah/
[Portuguese]

Fishmonger. Fish shop.

peixe

/PAYSH-(ush)/
[Portuguese] plural peixes

Fish. Peixes on a menu is the heading for fish.

peixe a delicia

[Portuguese]

Grilled (US: broiled) fish served with coconut milk with bananas.

peixe-agulha

/PAYSH uh-GOO-lyah/
[Portuguese]

"Needle fish." Garfish. A striking, beaked, marine fish up to 60 cm (2 ft) long, with a backbone which turns bright green on cooking and a delicious flavour, found on most European coasts.

peixe assado no forno

/PAY-shay uh-SAH-doo no FORN-no/
[Portuguese]

Fish baked in the oven.

peixe cravo

/PAYSH KRAH-voo/
[Portuguese]

Opah or moonfish, also, confusingly, known as the sunfish. This can be a huge fish, up to 50 kilos in weight. We saw one in an aquarium and it looked positively prehistoric. However the meat is good, pink and firm and can be treated like tuna, eaten raw as sushi, fried or grilled or even roasted.

peixe espada (preta)

/PAYSH SHPAH-duh (PREH-tuh)/
[Portuguese] plural peixes espadas (pretas)

Scabbard fish, either black or silver, cut into pieces and fried or grilled, or used in stews.