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Mofongo is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Mofongo meaning

A Caribbean dish of fried green plantains or yuca seasoned with garlic, olive oil and pork crackling, then mashed.

Using Mofongo

  • The main meaning on this page is: A Caribbean dish of fried green plantains or yuca seasoned with garlic, olive oil and pork crackling, then mashed.
  • In the example corpus, mofongo often appears in combinations such as: mofongo mofongo, mofongo and.

Context around Mofongo

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

tapas 1× specialty 1× world 1× rican 1×

Often after:

seafood 1× relleno 1×

Sentence patterns with Mofongo

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

as tapas mofongo seafood gnocchi 1× dish called mofongo which they 1× favorites being mofongo from ridge 1× items like mofongo and fufu 1× local specialty mofongo was that 1× made a mofongo of fried 1× mein and mofongo are served 1× mofongo mofongo a 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

cook and hardy 1× fufu de platano 1× in a colorful 1× in puerto rico 1× mofongo mofongo a 1× mofongo relleno means 1×

Common sentence endings:

boiled or stuffed 1× flan and more 1× fried green plantains 1× fufu de yuca 1× new customer base 1× puerto rican mofongo 1×

Words around Mofongo

Just before it in the word index:

mofomobe 4 mofolo 2 mofokeng 16 mofo 7 mofi 3 mofga 3

Just after it in the word index:

mofs 2 moft 3 mofussil 4 mog 12 moga 22 mogadassi 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadi 14 aayush 14 abbottabad 14 aberdonian 14 abhi 14 aborting 14

Corpus analysis for Mofongo

  • In this selection, "mofongo" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, tapas, specialty, world, seafood and relleno stand out and add context to how "mofongo" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as tapas mofongo seafood gnocchi and dish called mofongo which they. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "mofongo" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with mofongo

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Mofongo Mofongo – a Puerto Rican dish made from fried green plantains. (11 words)

Mofongo relleno means "topped with creole sauce" rather than served with chicken broth. (13 words)

They all enjoyed the food, with favorites being mofongo from Ridge to Reef Farm. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

With a menu that spans longer than some city blocks, out of this world mofongo and a list of fresh juices that render alcoholic beverages practically moot, Parada Maimon invites you to sit down and try a taste of old-school Dominican cooking. (43 words)

In Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Cuba besides being fried it can also be mashed after it has been fried and be made a mofongo of fried and made tostones or tajadas, platanutres or it can be boiled or stuffed. (40 words)

Cook and Hardy both talked about trying a local Puerto Rican dish called Mofongo which they described as a mix of plantains and rice served as a side dish which can contain vegetables or meat. (35 words)

Example sentences (11)

Mofongo Mofongo – a Puerto Rican dish made from fried green plantains.

In a colorful, eclectic yet sophisticated environment, the restaurant, which opened in October, provides such specialties as tapas, mofongo, seafood gnocchi, pernil, churrasco steak, flan and more.

My experience with the local specialty, mofongo, was that it is never the same from restaurant to restaurant.

These fading institutions, where lo mein and mofongo are served side by side, have found a new customer base.

Cook and Hardy both talked about trying a local Puerto Rican dish called Mofongo which they described as a mix of plantains and rice served as a side dish which can contain vegetables or meat.

With a menu that spans longer than some city blocks, out of this world mofongo and a list of fresh juices that render alcoholic beverages practically moot, Parada Maimon invites you to sit down and try a taste of old-school Dominican cooking.

But they also serve rarely seen Afro-Caribbean items like mofongo and fufu de yuca.

They all enjoyed the food, with favorites being mofongo from Ridge to Reef Farm.

Fufu de platano Fufu de platano is a traditional and very popular lunch dish in Cuba, and essentially akin to the Puerto Rican mofongo.

In Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Cuba besides being fried it can also be mashed after it has been fried and be made a mofongo of fried and made tostones or tajadas, platanutres or it can be boiled or stuffed.

Mofongo relleno means "topped with creole sauce" rather than served with chicken broth.

Common combinations with mofongo

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "mofongo" in a sentence?
An example: "Mofongo Mofongo – a Puerto Rican dish made from fried green plantains." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "mofongo" from authentic English texts.
What does "mofongo" mean?
Mofongo means: A Caribbean dish of fried green plantains or yuca seasoned with garlic, olive oil and pork crackling, then mashed.
How many example sentences with "mofongo" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "mofongo", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.