cantina
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish cantina, from Italian cantina. Doublet of canteen.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -iːnə
Noun[edit]
cantina (plural cantinas)
- A drinking establishment, often specifically of the type found in Latin America.
- 2009, January 31, “Alan Feuer”, in It’s Theirs and They’re Not Apologizing[1]:
- Meanwhile, around the corner, Larry Meyers and Gerard Novello […] ducked into a Mexican cantina for a drink.
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) Abbreviated form of cantina truck, cantina wagon or cantina trailer
Translations[edit]
drinking establishment
See also[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *canthus (“corner”), from Gaulish *cantos, denoting the location for liquor storage, from Proto-Celtic *cantos (“corner”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ndʰ.
Pronunciation[edit]
audio (file)
Noun[edit]
cantina f (plural cantine)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → French: cantine (see there for further descendants)
- → Portuguese: cantina
- → Spanish: cantina (see there for further descendants)
Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian cantina (“cellar”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cantina f (plural cantinas)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cantina f (plural cantinas)
- (Latin America) saloon, speakeasy, bar (used in most countries except Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico and Venezuela)
- Synonym: bar
- cafeteria, canteen (staff restaurant)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: cantina
Further reading[edit]
- “cantina” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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