panocha

== English == === Alternative forms === panoche, panoja, panouchi === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish panocha. === Noun === panocha (countable and uncountable, plural panochas) coarse Mexican brown sugar == Asturian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /paˈnot͡ʃa/ [paˈno.t͡ʃa] Rhymes: -otʃa Syllabification: pa‧no‧cha === Noun === panocha f (plural panoches) alternative form of panoya == Spanish == === Etymology === Likely from a Mozarabic derivative of a Vulgar Latin *pannucea or *pānucea, based either on Latin pannus (“cloth”) or pānus (“ear of millet”). Despite being heavily associated with panoja, not a straightforward doublet of it. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /paˈnot͡ʃa/ [paˈno.t͡ʃa] Rhymes: -otʃa Syllabification: pa‧no‧cha === Noun === panocha f (plural panochas) corncob Synonyms: mazorca, elote ear of grain (botany) panicle (Colombia, Chile) pancake made of cornmeal and cheese (Mexico) coarse brown sugar (vulgar, Cuba, Central America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Venezuela) pussy (vagina) === References === === Further reading === “panocha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “panocha”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 “panocha”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019 Guido Gómez de Silva (2001), “panocha”, in Diccionario breve de mexicanismos, Primera edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “panocha”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA