bizcocho

Spanish

bizcocho (1)

Alternative forms

• biscocho

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish biscocho, from Early Medieval Latin biscoctus (literally “twice baked”). Doublet of biscotte and bísquet/bísquete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /biθˈkot͡ʃo/ [biθˈko.t͡ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /bisˈkot͡ʃo/ [bisˈko.t͡ʃo]

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• Rhymes: -otʃo
• Syllabification: biz‧co‧cho

Noun

bizcocho m (plural bizcochos)

1. sponge cake
2. bisque (fired unglazed pottery)
3. (Argentina) a kind of salty cookie
4. (Uruguay) croissant

   Synonyms: (Argentina) factura, (Argentina, Uruguay and Chile) medialuna, (Venezuela) cachito, cangrejito, (Mexico) cuernito, (Spain) cruasán

5. Ellipsis of bizcocho de soletilla.; ladyfinger

   Synonym: (Argentina) vainilla

Derived terms

• bizcochito
• bizcochuelo
• con esto y un bizcocho, hasta las ocho

 

Related terms

• cocho

 

Descendants

• → Basque: bizkotxo
• → Cebuano: biskotso
• → Tagalog: biskotso

Further reading

• “bizcocho”, 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
• bizcocho on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bizcocho on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es