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pan dulce

pan dulce noun: a Mexican sweet bread or pastry.

Noun

pan dulce (plural pan dulces or panes dulces)

  1. A Mexican sweet bread or pastry.
    • They also sell a pan dulce called 'quesadilla' which is sort of like pound cake made with bakers cheese; very very good.2003 February 3, Chris Pando, “Los Nopalitos”, in houston.eats (Usenet)

Forms of pan dulce

pluralpan dulces
pluralpanes dulces

Origin of pan dulce

From Mexican Spanish pan dulce (“sweet bread”).

Questions about pan dulce

What does pan dulce mean?
Pan dulce means a Mexican sweet bread or pastry.
What part of speech is pan dulce?
Pan dulce is a noun.
What is the plural of pan dulce?
The plural of pan dulce is pan dulces.

Words near pan dulce in the dictionary

  1. pan breads
  2. pan cake
  3. pan cakes
  4. pan drop
  5. pan drops
  6. pan dulce
  7. pan fish
  8. pan flute
  9. pan flutes
  10. pan former
  11. pan formers

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