milanesa

English

Milanesa in Buenos Aires

Etymology

From Spanish milanesa.

Noun

milanesa (plural milanesas)

1. a thin slice of beef or another meat, dipped into beaten eggs, seasoned with salt and other condiments (like parsley and garlic), dipped in breadcrumbs and shallow-fried in oil, typical of Argentina.

Anagrams

• Malesian, mala in se

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mi.ləˈnɛ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mi.ləˈnə.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mi.laˈne.za]

• Audio (Valencian)

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• Rhymes: -ɛza

Noun

milanesa f (plural milaneses)

1. female equivalent of milanès

Adjective

milanesa

1. feminine singular of milanès

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.laˈne.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.laˈne.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.laˈne.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mi.lɐˈne.zɐ/

• Rhymes: -ezɐ
• Hyphenation: mi‧la‧ne‧sa

Adjective

milanesa

1. feminine singular of milanês

Noun

milanesa f (plural milanesas)

1. female equivalent of milanês

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /milaˈnesa/ [mi.laˈne.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: mi‧la‧ne‧sa

Etymology 1

Literally, “Milanese”. Feminine due to a calque of Italian (cotoletta alla) milanese (literally “cutlet Milanese style”).

Noun

milanesa f (plural milanesas)

1. a thin slice of beef, dipped into beaten eggs, seasoned with salt and other condiments (like parsley and garlic), dipped in breadcrumbs and shallow-fried in oil

Derived terms

• milanesa napolitana

 

See also

• Wiener Schnitzel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

milanesa

1. feminine singular of milanés

Further reading

• “milanés”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014