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/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.kɨ/

• Hyphenation: que‧que

Noun

queque m (plural queques)

1. muffin (individual cake)
2. cupcake

Synonyms

• (Brazil, muffin): bolo inglês

Adjective

queque m or f (plural queques)

1. (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)

1. (colloquial) cake

   Synonyms: pastel, tarta, torta

2. (colloquial) cupcake

   Synonym: pastelillo

3. (colloquial) biscuit

   Synonym: bizcocho

4. (Mexico, vulgar) ass, arse, butt

Derived terms

• quequito

 

Related terms

• panqueque
• queca

 

Further reading

• “queque”, 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