quesillo

Spanish

Etymology

Diminutive of queso (“cheese”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /keˈsiʝo/ [keˈsi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /keˈsiʝo/ [keˈsi.ʝo] (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /keˈsiʎo/ [keˈsi.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /keˈsiʃo/ [keˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /keˈsiʒo/ [keˈsi.ʒo] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /keˈsio/ [keˈsi.o] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -io (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: que‧si‧llo

Noun

quesillo m (plural quesillos)

1. any soft, white cheese, e.g. ricotta, quark, etc.
2. a stringy cheese from Oaxaca, Mexico which comes wound like a ball of twine
3. (Venezuela) Venezuelan flan made with condensed milk, milk, eggs and sugar caramelized on top

See also

• cuajada

Further reading

• “quesillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026