cabello de ángel
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Catalan cabell d'àngel; literally, "angel's hair".
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaˌbeʝo de ˈanxel/ [kaˌβ̞e.ʝo ð̞e ˈãŋ.xel]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kaˌbeʎo de ˈanxel/ [kaˌβ̞e.ʎo ð̞e ˈãŋ.xel]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˌbeʃo de ˈanxel/ [kaˌβ̞e.ʃo ð̞e ˈãŋ.xel]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˌbeʒo de ˈanxel/ [kaˌβ̞e.ʒo ð̞e ˈãŋ.xel]
- Syllabification: ca‧be‧llo de án‧gel
Noun[edit]
cabello de ángel m (plural cabellos de ángel)
- A transparent threaded jam made from Siam pumpkin pulp and white sugar, originating in Mallorca
- Dodder
Further reading[edit]
- “cabello de ángel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014