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olla podrida

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ol⋅la po⋅dri⋅da

  [ol-uh puh-dree-duh; Sp. aw-lyah paw-three-thah, aw-yah]
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–noun
1. a spicy Spanish stew of sausage and other meat, chickpeas, and often tomatoes and other vegetables.
2. an incongruous mixture or miscellany; olio.
Origin:
1590–1600; < Sp: lit., rotten pot
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olla po·dri·da   (pə-drē'də)   
n.   pl. olla po·dri·das also ollas po·dri·das

  1. A stew of highly seasoned meat and vegetables.

  2. An assorted mixture; a miscellany: "All the conversations were in English . . . the whole olla podrida spiced with the latest gossip" (William Pearson).


[Spanish : olla, olla; see olla + podrida, feminine of podrido, rotten (from Latin putridus; see putrid).]
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