bizcocho
Spanish
bizcocho (1)
Alternative forms
- biscocho
Etymology
From Old Spanish, from Medieval Latin biscoctus, based on Latin (panis) bis (“twice”) + coctus (“cooked”), referring originally to a type of bread baked twice so it would keep (compare Portuguese biscoito, French biscuit and Italian biscotto). Cf. also Old Spanish cocho, past participle of cocer. Doublet of bísquet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /biθˈkot͡ʃo/ [biθˈko.t͡ʃo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /bisˈkot͡ʃo/ [bisˈko.t͡ʃo]
- Rhymes: -otʃo
- Syllabification: biz‧co‧cho
Noun
bizcocho m (plural bizcochos)
- sponge cake
- bisque (fired unglazed pottery)
- (Argentina) a kind of salty cookie
- (Uruguay) croissant
- Synonyms: (Argentina) factura, (Argentina, Uruguay and Chile) medialuna, (Venezuela) cachito, cangrejito, (Mexico) cuernito, (Spain) cruasán
- Ellipsis of bizcocho de soletilla.; ladyfinger
- Synonym: (Argentina) vainilla
Derived terms
- bizcochito
- bizcochuelo
- con esto y un bizcocho, hasta las ocho
Descendants
- → Cebuano: biskotso
Further reading
- “bizcocho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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