''Frigărui'' (, singular: ''frigăruie'') is a Romanian dish consisting of small pieces of meat (usually pork, beef, mutton, lamb or chicken) grilled on a

skewer A skewer is a thin metal or wood stick used to hold pieces of food together. The word may sometimes be used as a metonym, to refer to the entire food item served on a skewer, as in "chicken skewers". Skewers are used while grilling or roasting ...

, similar to shashlik or

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. Often, the pieces of meat alternate with bacon, sausages, or vegetables, such as

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, tomatoes, bell peppers and

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. It is seasoned with spices such as

pepper Pepper or peppers may refer to: Food and spice * Piperaceae or the pepper family, a large family of flowering plant ** Black pepper * ''Capsicum'' or pepper, a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae ** Bell pepper ** Chili ...

garlic Garlic (''Allium sativum'') is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the genus ''Allium''. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, Welsh onion and Chinese onion. It is native to South Asia, Central Asia and northe ...

, savory,

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marjoram Marjoram (; ''Origanum majorana'') is a cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus flavours. In some Middle Eastern countries, marjoram is synonymous with oregano, and there the names sweet marjoram and knotted mar ...

and laurel. The word ''frigăruie'' is a diminutive form of ''frigare'' "skewer", which is derived from ''a frige'', meaning "to grill" or "to fry". This in turn comes from the Latin ''frῑgĕre'' "roast, fry" and as such is a cognate of the English ''" ''fry''"''.salveto - Dictionary latin-french Gaffiot on line - LEXILOGOS
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