While the word "Lambreado" is a degeneration of the correct "Lampreado" there are few data about the origins of the name of this fried cake made of cassava and beef.
In Paraguay, Castilian-Guarani bilingual country, and in Northeastern Argentine (where guarani language is also spoken) it is also called "payaguá mascada", an allusion to one of the races of Guaranito ( "payaguáes") who populated the Paraguayan geography in pre-Columbian times.