queso

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish queso, as found in Tex-Mex cuisine. Doublet of cheese.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

queso (uncountable)

  1. Melted cheese, used for instance as a dipping sauce.

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)

  1. cheese
    • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 12v.
      Et ſi la fregan con la leche. lo q́ ende ſale, quaia toda la leche ſobre q́ la pongan ¬ por ende los daq́lla tierra uſan della en ſus q́sos. ¬ en toda otra coſa de leche q́ quieré 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]

  • Ladino: kézo
  • Spanish: queso (see there for further descendants)

Spanish[edit]

Queso

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Spanish queso, from Latin cāseus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwat- (“to ferment”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeso/ [ˈke.so]
  • Rhymes: -eso
  • Syllabification: que‧so

Noun[edit]

queso m (plural quesos)

  1. cheese
    Synonym: formaje
  2. (Spain, colloquial) foot

Derived terms[edit]

(diminutive quesillo or quesito or quesín)

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Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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