miel de melasa = syrup or miel para panqueques?

Question

How can I best translate the meaning of syrup in Spanish?

Jarabe is medicinal so it would be either Miel de melasa or miel para panqueques?

Answer 1

Decimos "Jarabe de maple" aquí en Guatemala.

Answer 2

dictionary says

Answer 3

Welcome to the Forum.

This depends on both what kind of syrup you have in mind, and where you want to use the expression. I have found that different countries and regions have different ways to referring to assorted syrups.

Definitely not "miel de melaza", since that's clearly molasses - a sort of syrup, yes, but a rather specific one.

There's nothing wrong with "jarabe", actually. It is after all the correct Spanish word for the generic term "syrup". It is not necessarily medicinal.

So you have jarabe, sirope, miel, sirup, and possibly a few other possibilites, depending again on where you are, and which kind of syrup you mean.