chilli con carne
noun/ˌtʃɪli kɒn ˈkɑːni/
/ˌtʃɪli kɑːn ˈkɑːrni/
(especially British English) (British English also chilli)
(North American English also chili)
[uncountable]- a hot spicy Mexican dish made with meat, beans and chilliesTopics Foodc2Word Originfrom Spanish chile con carne, literally ‘chilli pepper with meat’.
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