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noun, masculine

manjar

/manˈxaɾ/

noun, masculine/manˈxaɾ/plural: manjares

delicacy, food, sustenance (especially delicious food, or one of the types of foods listed below); sustenance (something which invigorates mind or body); dulce de leche (caramel spread); suit (one of the four types of cards in a deck)

Ahí se reúnen con los Brujos muertos, que conservan la misma figura que tuvieron en vida; celebran con ellos grandes y escandalosas orgías en que se sirven los manjares y vinos más exquisitos en vajillas de oro y plata.

Synonyms: comida, sostenimiento, natillas, arequipe, leche poleada, palo

From a verb that originally meant "to eat" (preserved in Portuguese), borrowed from Old Catalan or Occitan or Old Occitan menjar, from Vulgar Latin mandicāre, Latin manducāre. Doublet of manducar and mangar.