noun, masculine/buˈɲwelo/plural: buñuelos
beignet (type of donut)
“Renuncio a la Farmacia con tal de que usted me acompañe a tomar buñuelos” — I will renounce the Pharmacy as long as you join me for a beignet
Related: a freír buñuelos, abuñolar, buñuelo de viento
Diminutive of Old Spanish *boño, akin to Ladino bimuelo, Catalan bunyol (both “fritter, doughnut”). The underlying noun is at hand in Catalan bony (“bulge”). Further origin uncertain. Theories include a Gothic *𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌾𐍉 (*buggjō, “lump”) or identity with moño (“bun of hair”), itself probably from Paleo-Hispanic. First attested in 1275.