- hojuela
- f.1 puff paste, composed of thin flakes lying one on another.2 flat gold or silver thread in spools for embroidery.3 skins of olives after pressing.4 flake.5 puff pastry.f. & diminut.a small leaf, a leaflet. (Diminutive)* * *hojuela► nombre femenino1 COCINA pancake2 (de la aceituna) pressed olive skins plural3 (hoja de metal) foil* * *SF1) (Bot) leaflet, little leaf2) (=lámina) [de cereal, pintura] flake; [de metal] foil, thin sheet
hojuela de estaño — tinfoil
hojuelas de maíz — LAm cornflakes
3) (Culin) pancake; Caribe, Méx puff pastry* * *femenino (Col, Méx, Per, Ven) flake* * *femenino (Col, Méx, Per, Ven) flake* * *hojuelafeminine(AmL exc CS)flakeCompuesto:hojuelas de maízcornflakes (fpl)* * *
hojuela sustantivo femenino (AmL exc CS) flake
hojuela sustantivo femenino
1 Culin flake, pancake
2 Bot leaflet
3 LAm Culin puff pastry
♦ Locuciones: miel sobre hojuelas, the frosting on the cake: ... y si viene Pepe, ¡pues miel sobre hojuelas!, ... and if Pepe comes, it'll be the frosting on the cake!
* * *hojuela nf1. [masa frita] pancake2. Cuba, Guat [hojaldre] puff pastry* * *hojuelaf pancake;es miel sobre hojuelas fam that’s the cherry on the cake* * *hojuela nf1) : leaflet, young leaf2) : flake
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.