glaseado
/ɡlaseˈado/
The English phrase 'cake icing' is translated into Spanish as glaseado.
glaseado refers to a sweet, creamy coating used to cover or decorate a cake. You can specify the flavor of the icing by using the structure glaseado + de + [flavor], such as glaseado de chocolate for chocolate icing.
Which one should you use?
While glaseado refers specifically to a glaze or icing, cobertura is a more general term for any topping or coating on a cake.
How does it change in a sentence?
glaseado is a masculine noun. Its plural form is glaseados.
How do you pronounce it?
/ɡlaseˈado/
Did you know?
- While glaseado describes the sweet topping on a cake, the same word is used in savory cooking to describe the shiny exterior of jamón glaseado or glazed ham.
- In many Latin American countries, instead of using glaseado, you might hear people ask for betún when referring to a thick, creamy frosting used for birthday cakes.
- The word glaseado is actually a past participle of the verb glasear, which means 'to glaze' or 'to make shiny'.
Examples in context
- La capa de glaseado del pastel está deliciosaThe layer of cake icing is delicious
- La pasta para cubrir pasteles le da un acabado elegante al pastelThe cake paste gives an elegant finish to the cake
- La cobertura de torta complementa la presentación del postreThe cake covering complements the dessert's presentation
- Me encanta la cubierta del pastel, ¿qué sabor tiene?I love the cake icing, what flavor is it?
- El frosting de ese pastel se ve deliciosoThe icing on that cake looks delicious
- El pastel tiene una capa de glaseado de chocolate por encima.The cake has a layer of chocolate icing on top.
- Me gusta cómo han decorado el bizcocho con distintos colores de cubierta.I like how they decorated the cake with different colors of icing.
- ¿Qué sabor de frosting has utilizado para la torta de cumpleaños?What flavor of icing did you use for the birthday cake?
- La cobertura de torta resalta los detalles y le da un toque especial al postre.The cake covering highlights the details and adds a special touch to the dessert.
- A mi abuela le gusta preparar pasteles con una deliciosa capa de decoración de azúcar.My grandmother likes to make cakes with a delicious layer of sugar decoration.
- El glaseado de este pastel es delicioso.The icing on this cake is delicious.
- Necesito más glaseado para decorar los cupcakes.I need more icing to decorate the cupcakes.
- Ella puso un glaseado de chocolate sobre el bizcocho.She put a chocolate icing over the sponge cake.
Example conversation
Lucía and Mateo are in the kitchen finishing a cake.
- LucíaMateo, ¿crees que falta glaseado?Mateo, do you think it needs more icing?
- MateoNo, el glaseado se ve perfecto.No, the icing looks perfect.
- LucíaTienes razón, está muy suave.You are right, it is very smooth.
- Mateo¡Entonces ya podemos servirlo!Then we can serve it now!
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry glaseado, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
