Definitions

  • n. A dish of vegetables (typically spinach or zucchini), eggs, and cheese.

Example Sentences

  • "Quajado is a very old Sephardic dish dating to pre-Inquisition Jewish life in Spain, traditionally made of vegetables, eggs and cheese; omit the cheese for a non-dairy dish." (source)

Languages of Origin

  • Ladino

Etymology

  • quajadu

    • Who Uses This

      • Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • None

      Alternative Spellings

      quashadu, quazhadu, kajadu, kashadu, kazhadu, quajado, quashado, quazhado, kazhado, kajado, quajadu, quadjatho, quadjathu, kajado, kajatho

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