crema

cream

noun KREH-mah Less Common

Origin: from French crème

Also means

custard

Usage Note

Crema covers both the dairy cream and beauty creams (crema solare is sunscreen, crema per le mani hand cream). In the kitchen it also names a custard, as in crema pasticcera. Figuratively la crema della società means the cream of the crop.

Examples

"Metto la crema sulla torta."

Natural Translation

I put the cream on the cake.

Literal Translation

I-put the cream on-the cake.

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