Meaning & use
pica portuguese
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Meaning
noununcountable
A Portuguese dish of small pieces of beef fried with garlic, pickles, and sometimes potatoes, often served as a bar snack.
Grammar: Uncountable; use it without "a" or a plural: order pica portuguese, not "a pica portuguese".
Patterns
- order pica portuguese
- serve pica portuguese with something
The waiter brought a small plate of pica portuguese while we waited for our main courses.
Pica portuguese is a classic Lisbon bar snack, usually eaten with a cold beer.
She learned to make pica portuguese from her grandmother in Porto.
Common combinations
- a plate of pica portuguese
- We shared a plate of pica portuguese before dinner.
- pica portuguese with pickles
- The pica portuguese with pickles was tangy and rich.
- order pica portuguese
- I always order pica portuguese when I visit a Portuguese restaurant.
- traditional pica portuguese
- This is a traditional pica portuguese recipe from the north of Portugal.
Commonly confused: pica portuguese or pico de gallo?
pica portuguese vs pico de gallo
A Mexican salsa of chopped tomato, onion, and chili; it is not a meat dish and is spelled differently.
Practice
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"Pica portuguese" is an uncountable noun, so it has no plural and no article before it. Options with "pica portugueses" or "a pica portuguese" treat it as a countable noun, which is wrong.
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