bomboca

Portuguese

bomboca

Etymology

From bombom +‎ -oca.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bom‧bo‧ca

Noun

bomboca f (plural bombocas)

1. a type of chocolate-coated treat filled with beaten egg whites and sugar; chocolate teacake (UK)

   Synonym: beijinho

Further reading

• bomboca on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• “bomboca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024