How to pronounce Ciorbă de burtă

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ˈt͡ʃorbə de ˈburtə/. In plain English letters that is CHOR-buh deh BOOR-tuh, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Ciorbă de burtă?

Ciorbă de burtă is a soup or stew of Romania. Where it comes from: All Romania. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are offal. It tastes sour.

Where Ciorbă de burtă comes from

Ciorbă de burtă is one of 22 signature dishes of Romania on this map.

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Food of Romania

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Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Ciorbă de burtă:

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