menudo

[ muh-noo-doh; Spanish me-noo-thaw ]

noun

1. a spicy Mexican soup made with tripe, onions, tomatoes, chiles, and hominy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of menudo¹

First recorded in 1900–05; from Mexican Spanish; compare Spanish menudos “giblets, innards,” noun use of menudo “small, insignificant,” from Latin minūtus; minute ², menu

Example Sentences

A Peacock docuseries, “Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed,” raised allegations that Jose Menendez, an RCA Records executive, had sexually assaulted Rosselló.

From Los Angeles Times

The habeas petition currently being weighed by prosecutors points to evidence that was included in a Peacock docuseries, “Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed,” which alleged that Jose Menendez had also assaulted an underage then-member of the 1980s pop band Menudo.

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The petition pointed to evidence from a Peacock docuseries, “Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed,” which raised allegations that Jose Menendez sexually assaulted a former underage member of the 1980s pop band Menudo.

From Los Angeles Times

And new allegations made by a former member of the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo suggest Lyle and Erik Menendez were not the only alleged victims of abuse.

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The petition cited new evidence from a Peacock docuseries, “Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed,” which raised allegations that the brothers’ father, Jose Menendez, sexually assaulted a former underage member of the 1980s pop band Menudo.

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