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paleta

paleta noun: a caramel lollipop.

Noun

paleta (plural paletas)

  1. A caramel lollipop.
  2. An ice lolly.
    1. An ice lolly made from fresh fruit. These natural paletas may be sold along with commercial sugared ones.
      • Throughout Mexico, paletas are made with fresh fruit and not much sugar, pretty much the opposite of commercial sorbets and sherbets sold here.2008 June 18, Mark Bittman, “Mexican Summer on a Stick”, in New York Times

Forms of paleta

pluralpaletas

Origin of paleta

Borrowed from Spanish paleta (“small stick”). Doublet of palette.

Questions about paleta

What does paleta mean?
Paleta means a caramel lollipop.
What part of speech is paleta?
Paleta is a noun.
What is the plural of paleta?
The plural of paleta is paletas.

Words near paleta in the dictionary

  1. Palestrina
  2. Palestrinian
  3. Palestro
  4. palesy
  5. palet
  6. paleta
  7. paletas
  8. paleth
  9. paletot
  10. paletots
  11. palets

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