melcocha

Spanish

Etymology

From miel (“honey”) +‎ cocha, feminine of cocho (“cooked”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /melˈkot͡ʃa/ [melˈko.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -otʃa
• Syllabification: mel‧co‧cha

Noun

melcocha f (plural melcochas)

1. type of confectionery made with honey

   Synonyms: alfandoque, arropía

   • 2015 July 27, “El Neruda político llega al cine”, in El País‎^[1]:

     La extranjería es un gran lugar para remover la melcocha, como diríamos en México, para aventurarse y hacer las preguntas terribles.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• amelcochar
• melcochudo

 

Descendants

• Kapampangan: balikutsa
• Tagalog: balikutsa

See also

• alfeñique

Further reading

• “melcocha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16