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What does «la chinola» mean in Dominican Spanish?
la chinola
passion fruit
| Meaning | passion fruit |
|---|---|
| Standard Spanish | maracuyá |
| Register | Neutral |
«Un jugo de chinola bien frío.»
An ice-cold passion fruit juice.
Called maracuyá or parchita elsewhere. In the DR it is chinola, and it is the most ordered juice after orange.
Related Dominican words
- criollo — local, homegrown
- el chicharrón — fried pork
- el comedor — small cheap eatery
- el concón — the crispy rice at the bottom
- el frito — a fried green plantain
- el guineo — banana
- el mofongo — mofongo (mashed fried plantain)
- el moro — rice and beans; your daily bread
- el morísoñando — orange-and-milk shake
- el romo — rum
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