Definitions for bacalaos

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bacalaos ba·ca·lao

Spelling: [bah-kuh-lou, bak-uh-; Spanish bah-kah- Bacalaos is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 174 anagrams from letters in bacalaos (aaabclos).

Definitions for bacalaos

noun

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

Origin of bacalaos

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 bacalaos

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