Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Beans that have been cooked and then mashed and fried with seasonings.
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- noun A dry to mushy paste made by boiling, mashing, and then frying particularly
pinto orblack beans , included in or served as anything from a main dish in Central America to adip in the Southern U.S.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun dried beans cooked and mashed and then fried in lard with various seasonings
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Translation of Spanish frijoles refritos : frijoles, pl. of frijole, bean + refritos, pl. past participle of refreir, to refry.]
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Calque of Spanish frijoles (“beans”) + refritos (“well-fried”), where the prefix re- adds emphasis rather than meaning "again" as in English
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