bienmesabe

Spanish

Etymology

Univerbation of bien +‎ me +‎ sabe, literally “it tastes good to me”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjemmeˈsabe/ [bjẽm.meˈsa.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -abe
• Syllabification: bien‧me‧sa‧be

Noun

bienmesabe m (plural bienmesabes)

1. any of various cakes with regional variations
2. (Canary Islands) a sweet sauce made from ground almonds
3. (Spain) a dish of fried dogfish, typical of Cádiz

Further reading

• “bienmesabe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• bienmesabe on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es