americano

English

Etymology

1970s, American Spanish americano (“American (coffee)”)

Noun

americano (plural americanos)

1. a drink made of espresso coffee diluted with hot water

   Synonyms: cafe americano, caffè americano, coffee americano

2. a cocktail made with Campari, sweet vermouth, and club soda

Translations

drink made of espresso diluted with hot water

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 美式咖啡 (měishì kāfēi)

• Finnish: americano (fi)

• Russian: америка́но m (amerikáno)
• Spanish: americano (es) m (Mexico)

Further reading

• Caffè Americano on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Cainamero, acremonia

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Italian

Etymology

America +‎ -ano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.me.riˈka.no/
• Hyphenation: a‧me‧ri‧cà‧no

Adjective

americano (feminine singular americana, masculine plural americani, feminine plural americane)

1. American, United States, US, Yankee

Noun

americano m (plural americani, feminine americana)

1. American (inhabitant or native of Americas or of the United States)

   Synonym: statunitense

Related terms

• America
• americanata
• americanismo
• americanizzare
• americanologo
• antiamericano
• filoamericano
• latinoamericano / latino-americano
• nordamericano
• panamericano
• sudamericano

 

Anagrams

• anomerica, careniamo

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.me.riˈkaː.noː/, [a.mɛ.rɪˈkaː.noː]

Adjective

americānō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of americānus

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Portuguese

Etymology

América +‎ -ano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.me.ɾiˈkɜ.nu/

Adjective

americano m (feminine singular americana, masculine plural americanos, feminine plural americanas, not comparable)

1. American (inhabitant of the Americas)
2. American (person born in, or citizen of, the United States of America)

Noun

americano m (plural americanos, feminine americana, feminine plural americanas)

1. American (native of the Americas)
2. American (native of the United States of America)

   Synonyms: estado-unidense, norte-americano

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Spanish

Etymology

América +‎ -ano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ameɾiˈkano/
• Rhymes: -ano

Adjective

americano (feminine singular americana, masculine plural americanos, feminine plural americanas)

1. of the Americas
2. of the United States

Noun

americano m (plural americanos, feminine americana, feminine plural americanas)

1. American (a native of the Americas)
2. American (a native of the United States)
3. someone who became rich in the Americas and returned to his country

Usage notes

• Definition 1 is the common meaning.
• Definition 2 is more modern and imported from English. It is more commonly used in Spain than in the Americas.
• Definition 3 is very rarely used, the term indiano being more common.
• It is primarily in the United States where americano is currently used in reference to the United States. Otherwise, in Spanish americano is always used in reference to the Americas. For the United States (country) in particular, the more precise term is estadounidense.
• The usage of the term norteamericano in reference to the United States is not strictly speaking, correct, as this term technically refers to North America (which includes Canada, United States, Mexico, and many other nations); however, it is very commonly used in reference to the U.S.

Derived terms

• afroamericano
• americanidad
• americanísimo
• americanismo
• americanista
• americanizar
• angloamericano
• hispanoamericano
• iberoamericano
• latinoamericano

 

Related terms

• América

Descendants

• → Navajo: bilagáana
  • → Hopi: Pölakaana

Further reading

• “americano” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.