ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Cachupa

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Cachupa is a noun meaning A slow-cooked stew of hominy, beans, cassava, sweet potato, and fish or meat, a traditional dish of Cape Verde.

Meaning

A slow-cooked stew of hominy, beans, cassava, sweet potato, and fish or meat, a traditional dish of Cape Verde.

Example Sentences

A one-pot meal, cachupa, is unofficially the national dish of Cape Verde, a drought-stricken archipelago off the western bulge of Africa. The dish is chock-full of cassava, seasoned sausages, corn and potatoes.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chupe, cassoulet, cassada, cachopo, feijoada, moqueca.

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