quesillo
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive of queso (“cheese”)
Pronunciation edit
- Syllabification: que‧si‧llo
Noun edit
quesillo m (plural quesillos)
- any soft, white cheese, e.g. ricotta, quark, etc.
- a stringy cheese from Oaxaca, Mexico which comes wound like a ball of twine
- (Venezuela) Venezuelan flan made with condensed milk, milk, eggs and sugar caramelized on top
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “quesillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014