miel sobre hojuelas

Spanish

hojuelas with honey

Etymology

Literally, “honey on hojuelas”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmjel ˌsobɾe oˈxwelas/ [ˌmjel ˌso.β̞ɾe oˈxwe.las]
• Syllabification: miel so‧bre ho‧jue‧las

Noun

miel sobre hojuelas f (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) something that makes an already good thing even better, icing on the cake.

Further reading

• “miel sobre hojuelas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025