dulce de leche
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Etymology
From Spanish dulce de leche (literally “milk sweet”). Compare dolcelatte.
Pronunciation
Noun
dulce de leche (uncountable)
- A South American sweet spread made from sugar and boiled milk.
- 2023 May 24, Ligaya Mishan, “The Shortcut to Homemade Milk Candy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Unlike dulce de leche, in which milk is cooked down with sugar until it thickens into gold, the milk stays white here — burfi comes from the Persian word for snow — for a purer flavor.
Translations
sweet dairy spread
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References
- “dulce de leche”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Further reading
dulce de leche on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology
Literally, “milk sweet”.
Pronunciation
Noun
dulce de leche m (plural dulces de leche)
- (usually uncountable) dulce de leche
- Synonyms: manjar blanco, (South America, especially Chile, Peru, Panama, and El Salvador) manjar, (El Salvador) leche poleada, (Colombia, Venezuela) arequipe, (Spain) natillas, (México) cajeta
Further reading
- “dulce de leche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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