"カステラ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ka̠sɨte̞ɾa̠] Forms: kasutera [romanization]
Etymology: First attested in a work from 1625, as かすていら. From Portuguese Castela (“Castile”), an ellipsis of Bolo de Castela (literally “cake of Castile”); Compare Italian pan di Spagna (“sponge cake”, literally “bread of Spain”). Compare Tagalog Pan de Kastila (“Spanish bread”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|pt|Castela|sort=かすてら|t=Castile}} Portuguese Castela (“Castile”), {{ellipsis|pt|Bolo de Castela|lit=cake of Castile|nocap=1|nocat=1}} ellipsis of Bolo de Castela (literally “cake of Castile”), {{cog|it|pan di Spagna||sponge cake|lit=bread of Spain}} Italian pan di Spagna (“sponge cake”, literally “bread of Spain”), {{cog|tl|Pan de Kastila||Spanish bread}} Tagalog Pan de Kastila (“Spanish bread”) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} カステラ • (kasutera)
  1. castella, a type of sponge cake
    Sense id: en-カステラ-ja-noun-S59VFuIs Categories (other): Japanese katakana Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 63 37
  2. (slang, criminal) grilled tofu Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-カステラ-ja-noun-vUwxRwbQ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 6 94 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 94 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant script codes: 6 94 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: カステーラ (kasutēra)
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