wantán
Spanish
Alternative forms
- wantón, wanton
Etymology
Borrowed from Cantonese 雲吞 / 云吞 (wan4 tan1).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w̝anˈtan/ [w̝ãn̪ˈt̪ãn]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: wan‧tán
Noun
wantán m (plural wantanes)
- wonton
- 2016 July 21, “Facebook”, in El Comercio[1]:
- En nuestro país los solemos preparar con masa de wantán.
- In our country, we usually make them with wonton dough.
Further reading
- “wantán”, 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
- “wantán”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010