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queque
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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)
- muffin (individual cake)
- Synonym: (Brazil) bolo inglês
- cupcake
Noun
queque m or f by sense (plural queques)
Adjective
queque m or f (plural queques)
- (Portugal, colloquial) poshy and snobbish
Further reading
- “queque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “queque”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “queque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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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
- (Canary Islands) sponge cake
- (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 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “queque”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
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