cafecito

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish cafecito.

Noun

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cafecito (plural cafecitos)

  1. (chiefly Latino) A small hot coffee drink, particularly Cuban espresso.
    • 2018 July 5, “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez”, in Twitter for iPhone[1] (tweet), retrieved 6 July 2021:
      There’s nothing like walking into the bodega, grabbing an iced cafecito,[sic] chopping it up with everyone behind the counter + appreciating the dude who’s blasting “Oye Como Va” through his backpack speaker. In this small moment, nothing else matters. Today is a good day.
    • 2017, Javier Armendariz Cortez, Poetry by the Border, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 63:
      El cafecito calientito... warm with a little smoke coming out of the cup... It is something like the comadre... with the other godmother enjoyed in Juarez...

Spanish

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Etymology

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From café +‎ -cito.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /kafeˈθito/ [ka.feˈθi.t̪o]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kafeˈsito/ [ka.feˈsi.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Syllabification: ca‧fe‧ci‧to

Noun

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cafecito m (plural cafecitos)

  1. diminutive of café; small coffee
    • 2004, Julia Alvarez, El cuento del cafecito, Random House Mondadori:
      La mujer detrás del mostrador levanta la mirada del libro que lee. Tiene apenas unos cuarenta años, calcula Joe, con el pelo oscuro y los ojos del color del grano de café. Howdy, dice él... [p]lease, un cafecito.
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