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Terms in Spanish 3431-3440 of 4913

marceyalito

[Spanish]

Summer cep or bolete mushroom. A round, brown-capped mushroom with nutty flavour.

marenquera

[Spanish] plural marenqueras

Jerusalem artichoke

margarina

[Spanish] plural margarinas

Margarine. In the 1860's Napoleon Italian Italy sponsored a contest to create a butter substitute and the winner was Hippolyte Mège-Mouries, a French chemist. He made the original margarine from beef and pork fat.

margarita

[Spanish] plural margaritas

The golden carpet shell. A tiny, smooth-shelled clam.

margarita

[Spanish] plural margaritas

A cocktail made with tequila, triple sec and lemon juice. Traditionally a frozen cocktail glass is removed from the freezer, the rim rubbed with a lime and the glass then upturned and dunked onto a plate covered with salt so that the rim is coated.

mariposa

[Spanish] plural mariposas

Smooth clam or brown Venus clam.

mariscos

/mah-REES-kohs/
[Spanish]

Seafood, shellfish. A platter of mixed seafood and shellfish, cooked and raw. It also means clams.

Marjorero

[Spanish]

A cheese. (PDO).

marquesa de chocolate

[Spanish]

A marquis or mousse of chocolate flavoured with cinnamon or orange.

Marques de Murrieta ®

[Spanish]

A vintage red wine from Rioja.