marraqueta

Spanish

Marraqueta bread.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maraˈketa/ [ma.raˈke.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ma‧rra‧que‧ta

Noun

marraqueta f (plural marraquetas)

1. a type of bread common in Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Brazil and Argentina

Usage notes

• A half loaf is known as pan batido in the Valparaíso Region.

See also

• pan francés
• baguette
• bolillo
• hallulla

Further reading

• “marraqueta”, 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