tetilla

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noun

a cow's-milk cheese, made in Galicia, which resembles a small breast (hence the name) or a half-pear (hence the alternate name perilla).

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Meanings

tetilla1

nountetilla (plural tetillas)

plural tetillas

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Tetilla (“cheese”).

    This is a light salad made with tetilla cheese.

    2014, Malcolm Coxall, Traditional Vegetarian Tapas Recipes of Spain, Malcolm Coxall, →ISBN
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    The [...] cheeses are mild and buttery, and loved by children because tetilla is almost spreadable.

    2010, Patricia Michelson, Cheese: Exploring Taste and Tradition, Gibbs Smith, →ISBN

    The flavor of tetilla cheese is clean and smooth, and it melts beautifully. making it a perfect quesadilla cheese.

    2012, Rafael Palomino, Fiesta Latina: Fabulous Food for Sizzling Parties, Chronicle Books, →ISBN

Tetilla2

nounTetilla (plural Tetillas)

plural Tetillas · alternative tetilla

  1. A cone ofa cow's-milk cheese, made in Galicia, which resembles a small breast (hence the name) or a half-pear (hence the alternate name perilla).

Origin

  1. Spanishtetilla“little breast”
  2. EnglishTetilla

From Spanish tetilla (“little breast”), because the cheese is usually shaped into cones that resemble breasts or (half) pears.

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APA

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MLA

“tetilla.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetilla. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tetilla,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetilla.

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