quesadilla salvadoreña

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /kesaˌdiʝa salbadoˈɾeɲa/ [ke.saˌð̞i.ʝa sal.β̞a.ð̞oˈɾe.ɲa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /kesaˌdiʎa salbadoˈɾeɲa/ [ke.saˌð̞i.ʎa sal.β̞a.ð̞oˈɾe.ɲa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /kesaˌdiʃa salbadoˈɾeɲa/ [ke.saˌð̞i.ʃa sal.β̞a.ð̞oˈɾe.ɲa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /kesaˌdiʒa salbadoˈɾeɲa/ [ke.saˌð̞i.ʒa sal.β̞a.ð̞oˈɾe.ɲa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Syllabification: que‧sa‧di‧lla sal‧va‧do‧re‧ña

Noun

quesadilla salvadoreña f (plural quesadillas salvadoreñas)

  1. a type of pan dulce in Salvadoran cuisine, made with rice flour and queso duro blanco and topped with sesame seeds; the Salvadoran quesadilla
    • 2015 December 3, Bill Esparza, “For National Pastry Day, Consider El Salvador’s Sweet Quesadilla”, in Los Angeles Magazine[1] (in English), archived from the original on 4 August 2025:
      I’m talking about the Salvadoran lightly sweet coffee cake of the same name, the quesadilla salvadoreña, sometimes spelled quezadilla (to lessen the annoying questions from confused Mexican customers).

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