panqueque

/panˈkeke/ · B2 · noun · m

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🥞 panqueque = English pancake, said with Spanish vowels: pan-KEH-keh

Spanish borrowed the English word pancake and respelled it to fit its sound system. The final syllable becomes keh-keh, like the Spanish pronunciation of the letters in queque (cake). Hear pan + queque and you get pancake.

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