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paleta

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Borrowed from Spanish paleta (“small stick”). Doublet of palette.

noun paletas

  1. A caramel lollipop.
  2. An ice lolly.
  3. An ice lolly made from fresh fruit. These natural paletas may be sold along with commercial sugared ones. Throughout Mexico, paletas are made with fresh fruit and not much sugar, pretty much the opposite of commercial sorbets and sherbets sold here.

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@misc{paleta_2026,
  title = {paleta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paleta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}