picadillo

noun

pi·​ca·​dil·​lo

ˌpikəˈdilō,

Sp pēkäˈdēyō

plural -s

: a spicy Latin-American hash or stew of meat and vegetables often with raisins and olives that is commonly used as a filling (as for tacos) or served with rice and beans

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish, from Spanish, stew of chopped meat, from picado, past participle of picar to prick, chop, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin piccare

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

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