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asado
roasted
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Food cooked over fire, and the meal or get-together built around it
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Asado is asar0 in its past participle form, so it means roasted, and the roasted meat itself takes the same name.
asado
roasted, grilled (how it's cooked)
Meat or vegetables that have been cooked over coals or in an oven.
Las verduras asadas quedaron muy dulcesThe roasted vegetables came out very sweet
Pedí un sándwich de carne asadaI ordered a grilled beef sandwich
roasted meat, grilled meat (the meat itself)
Meat that has been cooked over a fire, usually beef. What was done to it becomes the name of the dish.
Sobró bastante asado de anocheThere was a lot of roasted meat left over from last night
Cortó el asado en una tabla y lo llevó a la mesaHe cut the grilled meat on a board and took it to the table
barbecue, cookout (event)
A get-together where meat is grilled and eaten outdoors. The name of the food stretches to cover the whole occasion.
Hacemos un asado el sábado por el cumpleaños de mi hermanoWe're having a barbecue on Saturday for my brother's birthday
Nos invitaron a un asado en la casa de sus tíosThey invited us to a cookout at their aunt and uncle's house