"alfajor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Portuguese]

Forms: alfajores [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish alfajor. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|pt|es|alfajor|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Spanish alfajor, {{bor+|pt|es|alfajor}} Borrowed from Spanish alfajor Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} alfajor m (plural alfajores)
  1. a popular confection in South America usually filled with caramel-like dulce de leche Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-alfajor-pt-noun-U671rYl7 Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /alfaˈxoɾ/, [al.faˈxoɾ] Forms: alfajores [plural]
Rhymes: -oɾ Etymology: Inherited from Old Spanish alfaxor, beginning as a more jammy food from Andalusian Arabic الْفَشُور (al-fašūr, “nectar, juice”), from Arabic أَفْشُرَج (ʔafšuraj, “juice”). Somewhere surely mixed up with alfaxú, alajú from حَشْو (ḥašw, “filling”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|osp|alfaxor|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Spanish alfaxor, {{inh+|es|osp|alfaxor}} Inherited from Old Spanish alfaxor, {{der|es|xaa|فشور|الْفَشُور|t=nectar, juice|tr=al-fašūr}} Andalusian Arabic الْفَشُور (al-fašūr, “nectar, juice”), {{der|es|ar|أَفْشُرَج|t=juice}} Arabic أَفْشُرَج (ʔafšuraj, “juice”), {{dercat|es|pal}}, {{m|es|alajú|alfaxú}} alfaxú, {{m|es|alajú}} alajú, {{m|ar|حَشْو|t=filling}} حَشْو (ḥašw, “filling”) Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} alfajor m (plural alfajores)
  1. (Spain) A popular confection in Andalusia usually made with honey, almonds, nuts, and spices such clove and coriander. Tags: Spain, masculine
    Sense id: en-alfajor-es-noun-Lju~xkDd Categories (other): Peninsular Spanish
  2. (Latin America) A popular confection in South America usually filled with dulce de leche. Tags: Latin-America, masculine Categories (topical): Sweets
    Sense id: en-alfajor-es-noun-DfTSBFTA Disambiguation of Sweets: 40 60 Categories (other): Latin American Spanish, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: alfaxor, alfaxur, faxor, alaxur, alexur, alejur [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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