Spanish Conversation · Level 133
44 words
Spanish word
sepia
Pronunciation
IPA/ˈsepja/
Meaning
- feminine nouncuttlefish
Example
¿Quieres sepia a la plancha?
Do you want grilled cuttlefish?
More examples
Compré filetes de sepia para la cena.
I bought cuttlefish fillets for dinner.
Core concept
Flat-bodied marine mollusk with broad side fins and a dark ink sac.
Common phrases
sepia a la plancha
pan-grilled cuttlefish
filete de sepia
cuttlefish fillet
Similar words
calamar: Elongated squid with a long pair of feeding tentacles and a tapered mantle.
pulpo: Rounded octopus with a bulbous head and eight flexible arms lined with suckers.
Definition in Spanish
Molusco marino de cuerpo aplanado con aletas laterales, que expulsa tinta oscura y se consume como alimento.
Word origin
The Spanish word comes from classical Greek σηπία via Latin sepia, originally naming the cuttlefish, and the animal's dark ink gives rise to the brown 'sepia' tone.
Usage tips
- On menus and in conversation sepia usually means the animal or a cooked cuttlefish dish, while English speakers more often know 'sepia' as a brown photographic tone.
Other meanings
- sepia tonenoun