quesillo

Spanish

Etymology

Diminutive of queso (“cheese”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /keˈsiʝo/ [keˈsi.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /keˈsiʎo/ [keˈsi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /keˈsiʃo/ [keˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /keˈsiʒo/ [keˈsi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -iʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
Rhymes: -iʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Syllabification: que‧si‧llo

Noun

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

cuajada

Further reading

“quesillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024