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)

1. ricotta

   Synonym: (Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela) ricota

2. (slang) cock cheese, smegma

   Synonym: esmegma

Further reading

• “requesón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025