polvorón
Spanish, noun/polboˈɾon/
polvorón is spelled P-O-L-V-O-R-Ó-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 160,355th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polvorón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a type of shortbread made of flour, sugar, milk, and nuts, popular in Spain, Latin America and other former Spanish colonies, such as the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Producto de repostería elaborado a base de harina, grasa de cerdo, azúcar y almendras molidas, pueden…”.
What does polvorón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea type of shortbread made of flour, sugar, milk, and nuts, popular in Spain, Latin America and other former Spanish colonies, such as the Philippines, during Christmastime
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Producto de repostería elaborado a base de harina, grasa de cerdo, azúcar y almendras molidas, pueden añadirse diferentes ingredientes como coco rallado, canela, ajonjolí, etc. Se deshace en polvo al comerlo. Es típico de Navidad.
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 polvorón
- polvorones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce polvorón?
- /polboˈɾon/
- [pol.β̞oˈɾõn]
- [polβ̞oˈɾõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is polvorón in Spanish?
polvorón appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).