No. 7,787 in Spanish
madeleine
"Madeleine" in Spanish refers to a small, shell-shaped sponge cake from France.
In a sentence
Me encanta tomar una madeleine con café por la mañana.
I love having a madeleine with coffee in the morning.
Here, 'madeleine' is used to refer to a typical French pastry, demonstrating its culinary usage.
La madeleine es símbolo de un recuerdo evocado en la literatura por Proust.
The madeleine symbolizes a memory evoked in literature by Proust.
Here, 'madeleine' represents an object in literary context, referring to Marcel Proust's work where the madeleine invokes memories.
Siempre que huelo una madeleine, pienso en mi infancia en Francia.
Whenever I smell a madeleine, I think of my childhood in France.
In this sentence, 'madeleine' functions as a sensory trigger linked to personal memories, reflecting its symbolic significance in cultural context.
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