queque
Portuguese
queques
Etymology
From English cake, from Middle English cake, from Old Norse kaka (“cake”), from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ (“cake”), from Proto-Indo-European *gog- (“ball-shaped object”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.ki/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.ke/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.k(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: que‧que
Noun
queque m (plural queques)
- muffin (individual cake)
- cupcake
Synonyms
- (Brazil, muffin): bolo inglês
Adjective
queque m or f (plural queques)
- (Portugal, colloquial) snob
Spanish
Etymology
From English cake, from Old Norse kaka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkeke/ [ˈke.ke]
- Rhymes: -eke
- Syllabification: que‧que
Noun
queque m (plural queques)
- (colloquial) cake
- Synonyms: pastel, tarta, torta
- (colloquial) cupcake
- Synonym: pastelillo
- (colloquial) biscuit
- Synonym: bizcocho
Derived terms
- quequito
Related terms
- panqueque, queca
Further reading
- “queque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014