tembleque

From Spanish tembleque (literally “trembling”), from its jelly-like texture.

tembleque (uncountable)

1. A coconut dessert pudding from Puerto Rico.

• IPA^(key): /temˈbleke/ [t̪ẽmˈble.ke]
• Rhymes: -eke
• Syllabification: tem‧ble‧que

tembleque m or f (masculine and feminine plural tembleques)

1. shaky, trembling

tembleque m (plural tembleques)

1. shakes, jitters
   En la parte más elevada me ha entrado el tembleque; es que hay mucha altura y la barandilla es bajita.

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• “tembleque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “tembleque”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010