Yuca is an English word of 4 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Yuca meaning
- cassava
- cassava root
Using Yuca
- The main meaning on this page is: cassava | cassava root
- In the example corpus, yuca often appears in combinations such as: yuca frita, yuca is.
Context around Yuca
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Yuca
- In this selection, "yuca" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, boiled, action, grated, frita, hervida and cooked stand out and add context to how "yuca" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cassava spanish yuca en escabeche and community action yuca faith in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "yuca" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with yuca
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Garcia could have opted to include yuca or tostones among the offerings. (12 words)
It mostly is accompanied by a plate of pupusas or fried yuca. (12 words)
Two other typical Salvadoran dishes are yuca frita and panes con pollo. (12 words)
When Julio César Núñez was a child, he helped his grandmother make casabe from scratch, using artisanal tools — and an ancient cooking method — to turn grated yuca root into a thin, white, crispy flatbread. (34 words)
Comparison with other major staple foods Marinated cassava ( Spanish Yuca en escabeche main) The following table shows the nutrient content of cassava and compares it with major staple foods in a raw form. (33 words)
It’s excellent, as are sides of black beans and rice, plantains and yuca hervida (boiled yuca) cooked with sharp white onions and covered in tangy mojo sauce. (28 words)
Example sentences (14)
It’s excellent, as are sides of black beans and rice, plantains and yuca hervida (boiled yuca) cooked with sharp white onions and covered in tangy mojo sauce.
Yuca is eaten fried or boiled with salads, as a side dish or in the yuca frita dish.
This event is presented by Youth United for Community Action (YUCA), Faith in Action and Menlo Together.
When Julio César Núñez was a child, he helped his grandmother make casabe from scratch, using artisanal tools — and an ancient cooking method — to turn grated yuca root into a thin, white, crispy flatbread.
But they also serve rarely seen Afro-Caribbean items like mofongo and fufu de yuca.
Even now ocumo, yuca, ñame, plantain, topocho, and fruits are always available in the markets, and they are produced in terrible conditions.
Garcia could have opted to include yuca or tostones among the offerings.
Comparison with other major staple foods Marinated cassava ( Spanish Yuca en escabeche main) The following table shows the nutrient content of cassava and compares it with major staple foods in a raw form.
It is also used to accompany meats in "parrillas" (barbecue) or fried cured fish where yuca is not available.
It mostly is accompanied by a plate of pupusas or fried yuca.
To add nutrients to the soil, the Taíno burned local bushes and trees and heaped the ash into large mounds, into which they then planted yuca cuttings.
Tortillas are made of corn in most of the country, but other versions exist, such as wheat in the north or plantain, yuca and wild greens in Oaxaca.
Two other typical Salvadoran dishes are yuca frita and panes con pollo.
Yuca frita is deep fried cassava root served with curtido (a pickled cabbage, onion and carrot topping) and pork rinds with pescaditas (fried baby sardines).
Common combinations with yuca
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- yuca frita 3×
- yuca is 2×