bizcocho

Spanish

bizcocho (1)

Alternative forms

• biscocho

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Medieval Latin biscoctus, based on Latin (panis) bis (“twice”) + coctus (“cooked”), referring originally to a type of bread baked twice so it would keep (compare Portuguese biscoito, French biscuit and Italian biscotto). Cf. also Old Spanish cocho, past participle of cocer. Doublet of bísquet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /biθˈkot͡ʃo/, [biθˈko.t͡ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /bisˈkot͡ʃo/, [bisˈko.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -otʃo

Noun

bizcocho m (plural bizcochos)

1. sponge cake
2. bisque (fired unglazed pottery)
3. (Argentina) a kind of salty cookie
4. (Uruguay) croissant

   Synonyms: (Argentina) factura, (Argentina, Uruguay and Chile) medialuna, (Venezuela) cachito, cangrejito, (Mexico) cuernito, (Spain) cruasán

5. Ellipsis of bizcocho de soletilla; ladyfinger

   Synonym: (Argentina) vainilla

Derived terms

• bizcochito
• bizcochuelo
• con esto y un bizcocho, hasta las ocho

Descendants

• → Cebuano: biskotso

Further reading

• “bizcocho” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• bizcocho on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bizcocho on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es