espumilla
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /espuˈmiʝa/ [es.puˈmi.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /espuˈmiʎa/ [es.puˈmi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /espuˈmiʃa/ [es.puˈmi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /espuˈmiʒa/ [es.puˈmi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
- Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: es‧pu‧mi‧lla
Noun
espumilla f (plural espumillas)
- (Latin America) meringue
- Synonym: merengue
- 2016 October 7, “Las ferias marcan el ritmo de festejo en zonas del norte de Guayaquil”, in El Universo[1]:
- Allí, vendedores como Kléber Santos, Luis Quinche, Elvia Calva y José Valente ofrecieron colada morada, espumilla, sánduches de chancho y granizados, respectivamente.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “espumilla”, 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