podrida : Idioms & Phrases


olla podrida

  • noun Spanish version of burgoo
    Spanish burgoo.
WordNet

olla-podrida

Ol`la-po*dri"da noun
Etymology
Sp., lit., a rotten pot. See Olio.
Definitions
  1. A favorite Spanish dish, consisting of a mixture of several kinds of meat chopped fine, and stewed with vegetables.
  2. Any incongruous mixture or miscellaneous collection; an olio. B. Jonson.
Webster 1913