requesón

Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ queso (“cheese”) +‎ -ón (compare Portuguese requeijão).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rekeˈson/ [re.keˈsõn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: re‧que‧són

Noun

requesón m (plural requesones)

ricotta
Synonym: (Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela) ricota

Further reading

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

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