queque
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English cake, from Middle English cake, from Old Norse kaka, from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ (“cake”), from Proto-Indo-European *gog- (“ball-shaped object”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: que‧que
Noun
queque m (plural queques)
Synonyms
- (Brazil, muffin): bolo inglês
Adjective
queque m or f (plural queques)
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English cake, from Old Norse kaka. Doublet of cake.
Pronunciation
Noun
queque m (plural queques)
- (colloquial) cake
- (colloquial) cupcake
- Synonym: pastelillo
- (colloquial) biscuit
- Synonym: bizcocho
- (Mexico, vulgar) ass, arse, butt
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “queque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Categories:
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
- Portuguese terms derived from English
- Portuguese terms derived from Middle English
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Norse
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese adjectives
- European Portuguese
- Portuguese colloquialisms
- pt:Cakes and pastries
- Spanish terms borrowed from English
- Spanish terms derived from English
- Spanish terms derived from Old Norse
- Spanish doublets
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/eke
- Rhymes:Spanish/eke/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish colloquialisms
- Mexican Spanish
- Spanish vulgarities
- es:Cakes and pastries