Estofado

A Quick Overview Of Estofado

‘Estofado’ is one of several Spanish words for ‘stew’, but it can be used in two ways:

• ‘Estofado’*(m) used as a noun means ‘stew’, or ‘braise’, or ‘pot-roasted;
• ‘Estofado, estofada’*(adj) which used as an adjective means ‘stewed’, or braised’, or ‘pot-roasted’. For example, ‘carne estofada’ is stewed/braised/pot-roasted meat. The ‘a’ at the end of ‘estofada’ reflects that the noun described (carne) is feminine.  

• estofado
• eh<s/toh/FAH/thoh

• The 'e' sounds like the 'e' in 'egg';
• The 'o's are pronounced closest to the 'o' in 'hot';
• The 'a' is pronounced closest to the 'a' in ;
• The Spanish ‘d’ here is correctly pronounced like the English ‘th’ sound in ‘the’.

The French word for ‘stew’ is ‘ragoût’, and the Italian is ‘stufato’.