chouriço

nounfeminine/lĩˈɡisɐ/high

lin·gui·ça

Definition

A traditional Portuguese sausage, typically made from pork, fat, garlic, paprika and other seasonings, stuffed into casing.

We roasted chouriço over the fire.

Chouriço is a key ingredient in many Portuguese dishes.

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Common collocations

grilled chouriçopork sausagebread with chouriço

Do latim 'lucanica', por sua vez do grego 'lykánike'.