olla

¹ American  

[aw-lyah, aw-yah, ol-uh] / ˈɔ lyɑ, ˈɔ yɑ, ˈɒl ə /

noun

Spanish.

1. a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.

2. a stew.

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OLLA ² American  

1. Office of Lend Lease Administration.

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olla British  

/ ˈoʎa, ˈɒlə /

noun

1. a cooking pot

2. short for olla podrida

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Etymology

Origin of olla

Spanish, from Latin olla, variant of aulla pot

Example Sentences

Start with a less complex mole like a pipian, mole de olla or a mole verde that doesn’t require as many ingredients as something like a mole negro.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2025

One girl described a paseo de olla, a hike in Colombia in which members each bring a different ingredient to contribute to a cookout of a big communal stew.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024

“The taquera came out of the trailer, grabbed the plate from me and put frijoles de la olla right on top of them. It was so much better,” Ralat says.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2021

That night, they were going to be making pozole, so there was this big olla pozolera, which is this big pot in which they were going to make the pozole.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2020

I longed for the smell and taste of home cooking, especially flour tortillas, frijoles de la olla, and carne con chile.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez