crema

From Italian.

crema (countable and uncountable, plural cremas)

1. The light-colored, orangish head of foam on a cup of espresso.

From Spanish

crema (uncountable)

1. A Mexican foodstuff, the Mexican version of crème fraîche or sour cream.

• Carme, McRae, crame, cream, macer, recam

Borrowed from French crème.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾe.mə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾe.ma/

crema f (plural cremes)

1. cream (fat part of milk)
2. cream (skin product)
3. soup with cream
4. custard

• crem

See the etymology of the main entry.

crema

1. third-person singular present indicative form of cremar
2. second-person singular imperative form of cremar

• “crema” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

crema f (plural creme)

1. cream

• Panna generally refers to physical cream, while crema refers to the flavor of cream. A pint of creamy gelato would be termed crema and not panna.

crema

1. third-person singular present of cremare
2. second-person singular imperative of cremare

• carme
• marce

cremā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cremō

• crema in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

crema

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of cremar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of cremar

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾema/

Borrowed from French crème.

crema f (plural cremas)

1. cream (cosmetic product)
2. (Latin America) cream (dairy product)
3. soup with cream
4. custard
5. (Latin America, colloquial) mess (disorder)

• (dairy product): nata (Spain)

• crema cortada

• cremoso

See the etymology of the main entry.

crema

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of cremar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of cremar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of cremar.

From Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma) (perhaps influenced by crema), perforation, orifice

crema f (plural cremas)

1. (rare) dieresis

• “crema” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.