crema

See also: Crema, cremá, créma, cremà, and cremă

English

Etymology 1

From Italian crema. Doublet of cream, second-etymology crema, and crème.

Noun

crema (countable and uncountable, plural cremas)

1. The light-colored, orangish head of foam on a cup of espresso.

Translations

head of foam

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: crema (fi)
• French: crème (fr) f

Etymology 2

From Spanish crema. Doublet of cream, first-etymology crema, and crème.

Noun

crema (uncountable)

1. A Mexican foodstuff, the Mexican version of crème fraîche or sour cream. Its fat content is usually higher than that of sour cream, and it is thinner and less sour.

Translations

Mexican foodstuff

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: crema (fi), meksikolainen hapankerma
• French: crème fraîche (fr) f

Anagrams

• Carme, McRae, crame, cream, macer, recam

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French crème.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾe.mə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾe.ma/

• Audio (Valencian)

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Noun

crema f (plural cremes)

1. cream (fat part of milk)

   Synonym: nata

2. cream (skin product)
3. soup with cream
4. custard

Derived terms

• cremós
• descremar
   

Related terms

• crem

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

crema

1. third-person singular present indicative form of cremar
2. second-person singular imperative form of cremar

Further reading

• “crema” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛ.ma/

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• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Syllabification: crè‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French crème.

Noun

crema f (plural creme)

1. cream
2. custard

Usage notes

• panna generally refers to physical cream, while crema refers to the flavor of cream. A pint of creamy gelato would be termed crema and not panna.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• crema solare
• cremino
• cremoso
• scremare

Descendants

• → English: crema
• → Greek: κρέμα (kréma)
• → Turkish: krema

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

crema

1. inflection of cremare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• carme, marce

Latin

Verb

cremā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cremō

References

• crema in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Verb

crema

1. inflection of cremar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrema]

Noun

crema f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of cremă

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾema/ [ˈkɾe.ma]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: cre‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French crème.

Noun

crema f (plural cremas)

1. cream (cosmetic product)
2. (Latin America) cream (dairy product)

   Synonym: (Spain) nata

3. soup with cream
4. custard
5. (Latin America, colloquial) mess (disorder)

Derived terms

• crema agria
• crema batida
• crema catalana
• crema cortada
• crema hidratante
• crema humectante
• crema pastelera
• mitad leche, mitad crema (“half-and-half”)
• pastel de crema de Boston
• ponche crema

 

Related terms

• cremoso

Descendants

• → English: crema
• → Tagalog: krema
• → Turkish: krema

Adjective

crema (invariable)

1. cream, creamy (cream-colored)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

crema

1. inflection of cremar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

Probably a malapropism of French tréma, from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma, “perforation, orifice”).

Noun

crema f (plural cremas)

1. (rare) dieresis

See also

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)

blanco	gris	negro
rojo; carmín, carmesí	naranja, anaranjado; marrón	amarillo; crema
lima	verde	menta
cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo	celeste, cerúleo	azul
violeta; añil, índigo	magenta; morado, púrpura	rosa

Further reading

• “crema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• merca