queque

Portuguese

queques

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

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.ki/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.ke/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.kɨ/

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

Alternative forms

keke

Etymology

Borrowed from English cake, from Old Norse kaka. Doublet of cake.

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
(Mexico, vulgar) ass, arse, butt

Derived terms

quequito

Related terms

Further reading

“queque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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