moros y cristianos

Spanish

FWOTD – 12 August 2014

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmoɾos i kɾisˈtjanos/ [ˌmo.ɾos i kɾisˈt̪ja.nos]
• Syllabification: mo‧ros y cris‧tia‧nos

Noun

moros y cristianos m pl (plural only)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see moros,‎ y,‎ cristianos.
2. a traditional festival celebrated in various cities across Spain, during which a mediaeval battle between pompously dressed Moors and Christians is simulated, ending with the Christians retaking the city
   • 2003, Marlène Albert-Llorca, José Antonio González Alcantud, Moros y Cristianos, Presses Universitaires du Mirail, →ISBN, page 12:

     Los misioneros que introdujeron las comedias de moros y cristianos en el Nuevo Mundo hicieron de la oposición moros/cristianos una metáfora de la oposición entre indios y cristianos.

     The missionaries who introduced the Moor and Christian comedies into the New World turned the Moors/Christians opposition into a metaphor of the opposition between Indians and Christians.

3. (cooking) a Cuban dish consisting of black beans (the Moors) and rice (the Christians)

   Synonyms: gallopinto, casamiento

Further reading

• moros y cristianos on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
• moros y cristianos (gastronomía) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
• “moros y cristianos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10