cantina

English

Etymology

From Spanish cantina, from Italian cantina. Doublet of canteen.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kænˈtiː.nə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kænˈti.nə/, [kʰɛənˈti.nə], [kʰeənˈti.nə] (see /æ/ raising)
• Rhymes: -iːnə

Noun

cantina (plural cantinas)

1. A drinking establishment, often specifically of the type found in Latin America.
   • 2009 January 31, Alan Feuer, “It’s Theirs and They’re Not Apologizing”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Meanwhile, around the corner, Larry Meyers and Gerard Novello […] ducked into a Mexican cantina for a drink.

2. A cantina truck, cantina wagon or cantina trailer.

Translations

drinking establishment

See also

• cantina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cantina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kənˈti.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kanˈti.na]

Noun

cantina f (plural cantines)

1. canteen, cafeteria, dining hall

Related terms

• menjador
• restaurant

Further reading

• “cantina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *canthus (“corner”), from Gaulish *cantos, denoting the location for liquor storage, from Proto-Celtic *cantos (“corner”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ndʰ-. Compare Ancient Greek κανθός

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈti.na/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: can‧tì‧na

Noun

cantina f (plural cantine)

1. cellar, basement, winery
2. wine shop, wine cellar

Related terms

• cantinetta
• cantiniere

Descendants

• → French: cantine
  • → German: Kantine
  • → Romanian: cantină
  • → Turkish: kantin
• → Portuguese: cantina
• → Spanish: cantina
  • → English: cantina

Anagrams

• cannati, incanta, tannica

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French cantine, from Italian cantina (“cellar”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈti.nɐ/

Noun

cantina f (plural cantinas)

1. canteen, cafeteria (a dining area)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cantina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtina/ [kãn̪ˈt̪i.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: can‧ti‧na

Noun

cantina f (plural cantinas)

1. (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay) saloon, speakeasy, bar

   Synonym: bar

2. cafeteria, canteen (staff restaurant)

   Synonyms: casino, comedor

Descendants

• → English: cantina

Further reading

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