turrón

See also: turron

English

Noun

turrón (plural turrones)

1. Alternative spelling of turron
   • 2023 May 30, Florence Fabricant, “The Migrant Kitchen Expands to Central Park’s Ballfields”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Egg custard, Basque cheesecake, chocolate turrón and caramel flan are some of the options.

Spanish

Etymology

Probably from Latin torrēre, possibly via Catalan torró. Cognate with Italian torrone, Sicilian turruni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈron/ [t̪uˈrõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: tu‧rrón

Noun

turrón m (plural turrones)

1. turron (a sweet made from almonds, similar to nougat)

Descendants

• → English: turron, turrón, touron
• → French: touron

See also

• nuégado

Further reading

• “turrón”, 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