Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
TACO DE BACALAO
English translation:
thick cod steak / wedge/chunk of cod
Added to glossary by
Noni Gilbert Riley
Mar 15, 2007 09:32
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Spain
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Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
TACO DE BACALAO
Spanish to English
Other
Cooking / Culinary
En un menú:
Taco de bacalao con verduras a la plancha
Taco de bacalao con verduras a la plancha
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Noni Gilbert Riley
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thick cod steak /wedge of cod
Cod and taco just don´t strike me as likely combination, but I am ready to stand corrected.
"Chunk" is the other meaning of taco, but I hope I have managed to resolve this slightly more elegantly!!
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Note added at 17 mins (2007-03-15 09:49:36 GMT)
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*cod* for UK, *codfish* for US?
"Chunk" is the other meaning of taco, but I hope I have managed to resolve this slightly more elegantly!!
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Note added at 17 mins (2007-03-15 09:49:36 GMT)
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*cod* for UK, *codfish* for US?
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Chanda Danley
: I think your answer is quite elegant and surprisingly enough, codfish tacos do exist!
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Problem is that they´ve yet to reach provincial Avila!! Thanks Chanda.
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Ventnai
: wedge is good
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Thanks Ian.
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Sandra Holt
: Yes I like either one.
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Thanks Sandra.
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neilmac
: If you ask for meat/fish etc here (Valencia) in "tacos" you get chunks, not slices or wedges
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Oh yes, I agree, but don´t know if I´d write it on a menu, unless it was a chatty descriptive one (as in, "delicious chunks of juicy baked cod etc etc"!
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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Chanda Danley
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Codfish taco
without more context on the kind of restaurant...
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Note added at 8 mins (2007-03-15 09:40:36 GMT)
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there's also 'salted black cod' if it is a different context
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Note added at 8 mins (2007-03-15 09:40:36 GMT)
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there's also 'salted black cod' if it is a different context
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Yaotl Altan
: Yes, taco is taco as software is software in any language.
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Aïda Garcia Pons
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codfish
codfish with grilled vegetables
taco es un "trozo, pedazo" en español de España
taco de tortilla= un trozo (like a cube) de tortilla.
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ver foto en http://canales.laverdad.es/gastronomia/rincon120405a.html
en un menú: "Taco de Bacalao escalfado con Puerros con Pure de patata Poached cod with leeks and mashed potatoes" en http://www.oneplanettravel.com/cms/cms/opt/www/pri/contentNa...
taco es un "trozo, pedazo" en español de España
taco de tortilla= un trozo (like a cube) de tortilla.
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Note added at 14 mins (2007-03-15 09:47:09 GMT)
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ver foto en http://canales.laverdad.es/gastronomia/rincon120405a.html
en un menú: "Taco de Bacalao escalfado con Puerros con Pure de patata Poached cod with leeks and mashed potatoes" en http://www.oneplanettravel.com/cms/cms/opt/www/pri/contentNa...
Peer comment(s):
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Chanda Danley
: this is a safe bet...as you usually don't see anything other than 'codfish' on a menu in English other than 'codfish filet' which this is not
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You're right Chanda, it is not a filet but I do think it's referring to a thick chunk of cod, like the one in the photo above.
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15 mins
Codfish chunk
A suggestion (if it's not Mexican food we're talking about!)
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neilmac
: Usually taco = chunk, not slice/wedge as others suggest
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Thanks very much
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PB Trans
: "cod chunk": http://www.the-cafe-northallerton.co.uk/weekly.html / http://www.yeoldsuninn.co.uk/chefsspecialsmenu.html Here's a photo: http://www.afuegolento.com/recetas/amc/4452/
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Thanks
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43 mins
thick slice of cod
It isn't really a steak - I'd even dare with "extra-thick slice of cod"
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Noni Gilbert Riley
: Quite right about steak - and I like slice too.//Were about to say sth about potato wedges?!
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Thank you Aceavila - I hate saying this, but wedge makes me think of wood - claro que taco, también...ignore me.
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1 day 11 hrs
small portion of cod
I've translated this and other similar things for restaurant menus (Spain) many times. A 'taco' in Spain is a small portion -eg: taco de tortilla, etc. It's usually a cube (a cube of ham, omelette, cod, etc.) and this is the translation given by wordreference.com...
I sometimes translate it as ·cod bite" or "bite of cod".
Saludos y suerte!
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