tocino de cielo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /toˌθino de ˈθjelo/ [t̪oˌθi.no ð̞e ˈθje.lo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /toˌsino de ˈsjelo/ [t̪oˌsi.no ð̞e ˈsje.lo]
• Syllabification: to‧ci‧no de cie‧lo

Noun

tocino de cielo m (plural tocinos de cielo)

1. a dessert made from sugar and egg yolk

Further reading

• “tocino de cielo”, 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