polvorón

Spanish

two halves of a polvorón

Etymology

From pólvora (“gunpowder”) +‎ -ón, from polvo (“dust, powder”), because it crumbles when it is eaten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /polboˈɾon/ [pol.β̞oˈɾõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: pol‧vo‧rón

Noun

polvorón m (plural polvorones)

1. a type of shortbread made of flour, sugar, milk, and nuts, popular in Spain, Latin America and other former Spanish colonies, such as the Philippines, during Christmastime

   Hypernym: mantecado

Descendants

Descendants

• → Basque: polboroi
• → Catalan: polvoró
• → Cebuano: polboron
• → Japanese: ポルボロン (poruboron), ポルボローネス (poruborōnes)
• → Korean: 폴보론 (polboron)
• → Russian: польворо́н (polʹvorón)
• → Tagalog: pulburon

Further reading

• “polvorón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28