POLENTA

English translation: polenta

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Portuguese term or phrase:	POLENTA
English translation:	polenta
Entered by:	Flavia Martins dos Santos

01:43 Mar 15, 2007

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / Food

Portuguese term or phrase: POLENTA

Is there a term for this in English?

Thanks for the help.

Flavia Martins dos Santos KudoZ activity Questions: 147 (none open) (14 closed without grading) Answers: 809 Brazil
Local time: 06:34

polenta

Explanation:
The same term would be used. Thousands of net references.

Boa sorte.

Selected response from:

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 05:34

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +10

polenta

Robert Forstag

5 +6

polenta

Ivana de Sousa Santos

5 +1

corn meal mush

rhandler

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +10

polenta

Explanation:
The same term would be used. Thousands of net references.

Boa sorte.

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 05:34
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

polenta

Explanation:
polenta. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
www.bartleby.com/61/3/P0410300.html - 19k

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Note added at 4 mins (2007-03-15 01:47:36 GMT)
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Palavra de origem italiana:

1 English. 1.1 Etymology; 1.2 Noun. 2 Italian. 2.1 Noun. 2.1.1 Derived terms; 2.1.2 See also ... Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polenta" ...
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polenta

Ivana de Sousa Santos
Portugal
Local time: 10:34
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

French

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks

55 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

corn meal mush

Explanation:
If you need an expression in English, this is it, but "polenta" in widely used. Look:

Polenta Recipes
Polenta translates as corn meal mush, but it's much more. It's the staple food of the north, where it still outshines pasta, and can be served in ...
http://italianfood.about.com/od/polentarecipes/Polenta_Recip...

Polenta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia1] As it is known today, polenta derives from earlier forms of grain mush (known as ... In northern Italy there are many different ways to cook polenta. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polenta

In Italy Online - Polenta: A Food For Every Day
Polenta is usually yellow (there is white corn in Friuli which is sometimes ... Below is a recipe for a torta di polenta with alternating layers of polenta, ...
www.initaly.com/regions/friuli/sims.htm

rhandler
Local time: 06:34
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

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