nata de coco

noun

A chewy, translucent jelly produced by the fermentation of coconut water, a delicacy of the Philippines.

Meanings

nounnata de coco (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA chewy, translucent jelly produced by the fermentation of coconut water, a delicacy of the Philippines.

    Synonyms: coconut jelly

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA chewy, translucent jelly produced by the fermentation of coconut water, a delicacy of the Philippines.

Origin

  1. Spanishnata de coco
  2. Englishnata de coco

From Spanish nata de coco (literally “coconut cream”).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 椰果
  • 椰果 (yēguǒ)jelly made by coconut water
Finnish kookoshyytelö
  • kookoshyytelöjelly made by coconut water
French nata de coco
  • nata de cocojelly made by coconut water
Indonesian nata de coco
  • nata de cocojelly made by coconut water
Japanese ナタデココ
  • ナタデココ (nata de koko)jelly made by coconut water
Spanish nata de coco
  • nata de cocojelly made by coconut water
Vietnamese thạch dừa
  • thạch dừajelly made by coconut water
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