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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.

manjar — Spanish Dictionary | Passage