# carnitas

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #90,260

## Definitions
1. A Mexican dish involving strips of braised or roasted pork.

## Etymology
From Spanish carnitas, diminutive of carne (“meat”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/carnitas