quéchap

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 膎汁 (kê-chiap, “fish sauce”, literally “pickled fish juice”). Compare Tagalog ketsap, Kapampangan kesiap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈket͡ʃap/ [ˈke.t͡ʃap]
  • Rhymes: -etʃap
  • Syllabification: qué‧chap

Noun

quéchap m (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines) fish sauce (a fish or shrimp brine byproduct from making bagoong, used as an ingredient or condiment in the Philippines)
    Synonym: salsa de pescado

Further reading

  • Ferdinand Blumentritt; T. H. Pardo de Tavera (1885), “QUÉCHAP”, in Vocabular einzelner Ausdrücke und Redensarten, welche dem Spanischen der Philippinischen Inseln eigenthümlich sind‎[1], volume II. (overall work in German and Philippine Spanish), Leitmeritz: Verlag der Communal-Ober-Realschule, page 20
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