hojuela

Spanish

Etymology

From hoja, or from a Vulgar Latin *foliola, from Latin folium. Compare Galician filloa, folloa, Portuguese filhó.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈxwela/ [oˈxwe.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: ho‧jue‧la

Noun

hojuela f (plural hojuelas)

1. a little leaf
2. flake (such as a cornflake)
3. a hojuela, a sweet pastry

Further reading

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