catànies

noun

A Catalan sweet made from almonds coated in caramel and powdered chocolate.

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Meanings

nouncatànies (plural catànies)
  1. A Catalan sweet made from almonds coated in caramel and powdered chocolate.

    Other sweet treats include catànies, chocolate-covered Catalan almonds, nutty galetas (biscuits), melindros (ladyfingers) and many varieties of torró (nougat).

    2017, Insight Guides, Experience Barcelona
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    Crema Catalana is used in stuffed fruits, such as Peres de Lleida, pears from Lleida, one of the oldest towns in Catalonia; Catànies, Catalan marcona sweetened almonds; Mató de Pedralbes, a Catalan cream treat from Barcelona; Manjar blanco, a Spanish blancmange eaten throughout the Spanish-speaking world; and Xuixos, a deep-fried custard-filled cylindrical pastry.

    2014, Timothy G. Roufs Ph.D., Kathleen Smyth Roufs, Sweet Treats Around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture

    The rest of the dinner went on with a tense normality and, as soon as we had our catànies and coffee, we said goodbye to the family, alluding to the fact that we had to get up early in the morning.

    2020, Miquel Àngel Lopezosa Criado, p53: The Molecule of Life

Origin

  1. Catalancatànies
  2. Englishcatànies

Borrowed from Catalan catànies.

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Translations

Catalan catània
  • catàniafood
Japanese カタニアス
  • カタニアス (kataniasu)food
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APA

catànies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cat%C3%A0nies

MLA

“catànies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cat%C3%A0nies. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “catànies,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cat%C3%A0nies.

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