escabeche
Spanish, noun
escabeche is spelled E-S-C-A-B-E-C-H-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escabeche is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “escabeche (a dish of fried fish, or other food, marinated in vinegar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of escabechar. With an accent, escabeché is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of escabechar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Adobo a base de vinagre, especias y otros ingredientes, que se emplea para sazonar y conservar multitud de…”.
What does escabeche mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineescabeche (a dish of fried fish, or other food, marinated in vinegar)
- 2
masculinepickle (food preserved by pickling in vinegar)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of escabechar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Adobo a base de vinagre, especias y otros ingredientes, que se emplea para sazonar y conservar multitud de alimentos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escabeche
- escabeches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to escabeche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escabeche in Spanish?
escabeche appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).