queso
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish queso, as found in Tex-Mex cuisine. Doublet of cheese.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪsoʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkeɪsəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪsəʊ
Noun edit
queso (uncountable)
Derived terms edit
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cāseum, accusative of cāseus. Cognate with Old Leonese keso and Old Portuguese queijo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
queso m (plural quesos)
- cheese
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 12v:
- Et ſi la fregan con la leche. lo q̃ ende ſale, quaia toda la leche ſobre q̃ la pongan ⁊ por ende los daq̃lla tierra uſan della en ſus q̃sos. ⁊ en toda otra coſa de leche q̃ quierẽ quaiar.
- And if they wash it with milk, what results from it curdles the milk into which it is put, and so the people of that land use it in their cheeses, or in any other dairy thing they wish to curdle.
Alternative forms edit
Descendants edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish queso, from Latin cāseus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et- (“to ferment”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
queso m (plural quesos)
- cheese
- Synonym: formaje
- (Spain, colloquial) foot
Derived terms edit
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “queso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014