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Terms in Spanish 3361-3370 of 4913

luna real

[Spanish]

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.

lunes

/LOO-nehs/
[Spanish]

Monday

macarela

[Spanish]

Mackerel

macarrones

[Spanish]

Macaroni. Curved tube pasta of varying lengths, often baked in pies.

machaca

[Spanish] plural machacas

Pounder. Crusher.

machaca de ajo

[Spanish] plural machacas de ajo

Garlic press

machucador de papas

[Spanish] plural machucadores de papas

Potato masher

machuelo

[Spanish]

A fish from the southern Mediterranean similar to a sardine and growing up to 30 cm in length.

maddalenas

/mah-dah-LEH-nahs/
[Spanish]

Madeleines. Small, shell-shaped sponge cakes made famous by Proust.

Madera

/mah-DEH-rah/
[Spanish]

Sweet wines from Madeira