Definitions for bacalao

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bacalao ba·ca·lao

Spelling: [bah-kuh-lou, bak-uh-; Spanish bah-kah- Bacalao is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in bacalao (aaabclo).

Definitions for bacalao

noun

1. codfish, especially when dried and salted.
2. a dish of this, cooked with a tomato sauce, olives, garlic, etc.

Origin of bacalao

1545-55; Spanish bacal(l)ao, probably Basque bakaiļao, perhaps, by metathesis, Gascon, the presumed source of Old French cabellau, cabillau (French cabillaud) fresh codfish, equivalent to Gas

Examples for bacalao

Unfortunately it is not called bacalao till after it is dried, but Piscado.