olla podrida
Americannoun
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a spicy Spanish stew of sausage and other meat, chickpeas, and often tomatoes and other vegetables.
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an incongruous mixture or miscellany; olio.
noun
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a Spanish dish, consisting of a stew with beans, sausages, etc
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an assortment; miscellany
Etymology
Origin of olla podrida
1590–1600; < Spanish: literally, rotten pot
Example Sentences
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His family is what the Spanish call olla podrida, or rotten pot, a mess.
From Time Magazine Archive
The investigating priest is soon dipping into an olla podrida involving cupidity, lost love and sudden deaths at the church that may or may not have been accidents.
From Time Magazine Archive
A skillfully concocted olla podrida of Latin American nightclub idioms sizzling in Stravinskian sauce with occasional Straussian dumplings.
From Time Magazine Archive
The pot-au-feu of France and Switzerland, the olla podrida of Spain, the borsch of Poland, the tschi of Russia, the macaroni of Italy, the crowdie of Scotland, all are practical examples of this fact.
From The Cooking Manual of Practical Directions for Economical Every-Day Cookery by Corson, Juliet
There was no arguing down our Mentor on this point, so the subject was changed, and he tried to disintegrate the ingredients in the very mixed dish of Spanish parties—a complete olla podrida.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus
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