Meanings
noundulce de leche (uncountable)
- uncountableA South American sweet spread made from sugar and boiled milk.
Unlike dulce de leche, in which milk is cooked down with sugar until it thickens into gold, the milk stays white here — burfi comes from the Persian word for snow — for a purer flavor.
2023 May 24, Ligaya Mishan, “The Shortcut to Homemade Milk Candy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Origin
- Spanishdulce de leche
- Englishdulce de leche
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish dulce de leche (literally “sweet [made] of milk”). Compare dolcelatte.
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan almívar de llet
- almívar de lletsweet dairy spread
Chinese Mandarin 甜奶布丁
- 甜奶布丁 (tián nǎi bù dīng)sweet dairy spread
Esperanto karamelkremo, laktokaramelo
- karamelkremosweet dairy spread
- laktokaramelosweet dairy spread
Finnish kinuski, dulce de leche
- kinuskisweet dairy spread
- dulce de lechesweet dairy spread
French confiture de lait
- confiture de laitsweet dairy spread
Hebrew רִבַּת חָלָב
- רִבַּת חָלָב (ribát khaláv)sweet dairy spread
Italian dolce di latte
- dolce di lattesweet dairy spread
Japanese ドゥルセ・デ・レチェ, ドルセ・デ・レチェ
- ドゥルセ・デ・レチェ (duruse de reche)sweet dairy spread
- ドルセ・デ・レチェ (doruse de reche)sweet dairy spread
- デルセ・デ・リッチ (deruse de ritchi)sweet dairy spread
Korean 둘세데레체
- 둘세데레체 (dulsedereche)sweet dairy spread
Polish kajmak
- kajmaksweet dairy spread
Portuguese doce de leite
- doce de leitesweet dairy spread
Spanish dulce de leche, manjar blanco
- dulce de lechesweet dairy spread
- manjar blancosweet dairy spread
- manjarsweet dairy spread
- leche poleadasweet dairy spread
- arequipesweet dairy spread
- natillassweet dairy spread
Swedish dulce de leche
- dulce de lechesweet dairy spread
Cite this entry
APA
dulce de leche. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dulce%20de%20leche
MLA
“dulce de leche.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dulce%20de%20leche. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dulce de leche,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dulce%20de%20leche.
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