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olla

Pronunciation: /ˈoʝa/

“olla” is a Spanish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. pot, pan; kettle (vessel used for cooking food)
  2. stew (dish cooked by stewing)
  3. pool, whirlpool

In Spanish

  1. Recipiente cilíndrico o hemisférico, más ancho que alto y de boca amplia, usado para cocinar o calentar alimentos.
  2. Plato preparado en un recipiente tal.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish olla, from Latin ōlla, from Proto-Italic *aukslā, from Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷsleh₂, Proto-Indo-European *Hukʷ- (“cooking pot”).

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