English

Noun

queso ‎(uncountable)

1. Melted cheese, used for instance as a dipping sauce.

Derived terms

• chili con queso

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cāseum, accusative of cāseus. Cognate with Old Leonese keso and Old Portuguese queijo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈke.zo]

Noun

queso m (plural quesos)

1. cheese
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 12v.

     Et ſi la fregan con la leche. lo q́ ende ſale, quaia toda la leche ſobre q́ la pongan ¬ por ende los daq́lla tierra uſan della en ſus q́sos. ¬ en toda otra coſa de leche q́ quieré quaiar.

     And if they wash it with milk, what results from it curdles the milk into which it is put, and so the people of that land use it in their cheeses, or in any other dairy thing they wish to curdle.

Descendants

• Ladino: kézo
• Spanish: queso
  • Amuzgo: kesò
  • Navajo: géeso
  • Seri: quiiz
  • Tagalog: keso

Spanish

Queso

Etymology

From Latin cāseus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwat- ‎(“to ferment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈke.so]

Noun

queso m ‎(plural quesos)

1. cheese

Derived terms

• choriqueso
• dársela con queso
• quesillo m
• quesería

Related terms

• caseoso
• quesadilla
• quesero, quesera
• requesón