menudo
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of menudo
First recorded in 1900–05; from Mexican Spanish; compare Spanish menudos “giblets, innards,” noun use of menudo “small, insignificant,” from Latin minūtus; minute 2, menu
Example Sentences
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There’s a place called La Gloria right off the highway that has great menudo.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2024
Recovery from our revelry required that we sip Alka-Seltzer and wolf down menudo.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024
Las víctimas se encontraban a menudo con cargos más altos de lo esperado y sin rastro del producto que habían pedido.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2024
Barrera, cuyo hijo asistió al distrito escolar de Auburn, al sur de Seattle, dijo que, a menudo, se sentía excluida de su aprendizaje.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023
“Eating menudo and hotwiring a truck are two totally different forms of art.”
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
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