🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

masa madre

Pronunciation / Transliteration: masa madre

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
sourdough/ˈsaʊərˌdoʊ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Compré una hogaza de pan de masa madre."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A dough leavened by a starter containing wild yeast and lactobacilli, or bread made from this dough.

    "She baked a fresh loaf of sourdough with a wonderfully crisp crust."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from sour and dough, originally referring to the dough left over from a previous baking used as a leaven, later famously applied to prospectors in the Klondike Gold Rush who carried it with them.

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