"caja china" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

Forms: cajas chinas [plural]
Etymology: Literally, “Chinese box”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|Chinese box}} “Chinese box”, {{lit|Chinese box}} Literally, “Chinese box” Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} caja china f (plural cajas chinas)
  1. a Chinese box Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-caja_china-es-noun-ZQZIY~1C Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 94 6
  2. (Latin America, especially Cuba) a caja china (“outdoor oven: box for roasting pigs etc”) Tags: Cuba, Latin-America, especially, feminine Categories (topical): Cooking Related terms: ataúd
    Sense id: en-caja_china-es-noun-4moD64Nm Disambiguation of Cooking: 18 82 Categories (other): Cuban Spanish, Latin American Spanish

Inflected forms

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