Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

bobó de camarão

English translation:

shrimp bobo [Translator's Note: stewed shrimp with coconut milk, dende oil and manioc cream]

Added to glossary by Michael Powers (PhD)
Nov 3, 2006 12:42
17 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

bobó de camarão

Portuguese to English Science Cooking / Culinary do Brasil
Olha, eu quero só beliscar alguma coisa. Eu nem olhei aqui não, mas. Tem bolinho de bacalhau?

Não. Tem mandioca frita.

Então tá, mandioca frita.

O que que você aconselha hoje com esse calor?

Hoje temos bobó de camarão ou frango assado.

Bobó de camarão ...

Ou frango assado.

Frango assado? Frango assado. Mas é o quê? Peito, perna.

Sobrecoxa.

Sobrecoxa?

Sobrecoxa e peito.

Saindo com quê?

Arroz, feijão e salada de maionese.

Só salada de maionese?

Pode ser outra coisa. Pode ser banana, batata frita, mandioca, purê de maionese, purê, maionese ou salada da casa.

Discussion

Eneide Moreira Nov 3, 2006:
Hi Michael, this site has the recipes and very interesting translations:
http://www.recipehound.com/Recipes/brazilian.html

Proposed translations

+3
8 mins
Selected

shrimp bobo

A dish consisting of stewed shrimp with coconut milk, dende oil and manioc cream.
Peer comment(s):

agree rhandler : No reason for not translating "camarão".
2 hrs
Thanks, Ralph.
agree Paul Dixon : Yes, I agree. "Camarão" should be translated.
1 day 6 hrs
Thanks, Paul.
agree Carla Queiro (X)
2 days 3 hrs
Obrigado, Carla.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you. Mike :)"
-2
5 mins

shrimp loaf

Eu diria assim.
Peer comment(s):

disagree Lumen (X) : Not at all. Bobó de camarão is a shrimp stew
3 mins
disagree Claudio Mazotti : nothing to do with "bobó"
5 mins
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+10
6 mins

bobó de camarão

This is a typical Brazilian dish, made with shrimp, cassava (manioc) and coconut milk. I don't think we have a name for it in English so it would be best to leave it in Portuguese in italics and add a note to explain what it is.
Peer comment(s):

agree Teresa Bento
2 mins
thanks
agree mareug
4 mins
thanks
agree André Fernandes
16 mins
thanks
agree bezowski
20 mins
thanks
agree Clauwolf : não vai sobrar nada:)
35 mins
thanks :)
agree Fernando Domeniconi
36 mins
thanks
agree Eneide Moreira : sure but you can always say it the american way " bobou the camaron"...lol
1 hr
haha ... thanks
agree marina hennies
2 hrs
thanks
agree Susy Ordaz
6 hrs
thanks
agree airmailrpl : -
9 hrs
thanks
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9 mins

bobó de camarão - shrimp in Bahian style cassava cream

bobo de camarao - shrimp & cassava bahian style - brazil.
recipes.chef2chef.net/recipe-archive/seafood.php?124325.shtml
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1 hr

Shrimp in Yuca Cream

Bobo de Camarao - [ Traduzir esta página ]Bobó de Camarão (Shrimp in Yuca Cream). For this delicious recipe from Bahia you'll need manioc or yuca roots, unsweetened coconut milk (which can be found ...
www.maria-brazil.org/bobo_de_camarao.htm - 3k - Em cache - Páginas Semelhantes
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