dulce — meaning in English
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English meaning
- candy noun Sweet confectionery made mainly from sugar, often flavored with chocolate, fruit, or nuts.
- confection noun A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
- dessert noun A sweet dish served at the end of a meal.
- dulce adj Sweet (used especially in Spanish-influenced English, as in dessert names).
- fresh adjective Newly made, picked, or obtained; not old or stale.
- fudge noun A soft, very sweet candy made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
- sugary adj Containing a lot of sugar, or tasting very sweet.
- sweet adj Having the taste of sugar; not sour, salty, or bitter.
Senses
dulce is used for these senses in English:
- candy (countable, chiefly, North America, Philippines) A piece of confectionery of this kind.
- confection A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
- dessert A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.
- fresh (of water) Without salt; not saline.
- fudge (chiefly, _, uncountable) A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
- sugary Of food, drink, etc, containing or covered with a large amount of sugar.
- sweet (wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.
- sweet Of a pleasant smell.
candy — full definition
- noun Sweet confectionery made mainly from sugar, often flavored with chocolate, fruit, or nuts.
- verb To coat or cook something in sugar syrup until it hardens.
- noun Slang for crack cocaine.
confection — full definition
- noun A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
- noun The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
- noun The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
- noun An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.