alfajor
Spanish, noun/alfaˈxoɾ/
alfajor is spelled A-L-F-A-J-O-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 40,689th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alfajor is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “A popular confection in Andalusia usually made with honey, almonds, nuts, and spices such as clove and coriander” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dulce o rosca hecha de almendras, nueces, miel y especias molidas y amasadas”.
What does alfajor mean in English?
noun
- 1
SpainmasculineA popular confection in Andalusia usually made with honey, almonds, nuts, and spices such as clove and coriander.
- 2
Latin-Americamasculinealfajor (a popular confection in South America usually filled with dulce de leche)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dulce o rosca hecha de almendras, nueces, miel y especias molidas y amasadas. 2. Dulce formado por dos delgadas galletas de forma circular, unidas por una capa de dulce y bañadas en azúcar o chocolate. 3. Dulce de caramelo y coco.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alfajor
- alfajores plural
- alfaxor alternative obsolete
- alfaxur alternative obsolete
- faxor alternative obsolete
- alaxur alternative obsolete
- alexur alternative obsolete
- alejur alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alfajor?
- /alfaˈxoɾ/
- [al.faˈxoɾ]
- Spain [alfaˈxoɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alfajor in Spanish?
alfajor appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).