macchiato

English

Etymology

From Italian caffè macchiato (“stained coffee”), from macchiato (“stained, marked”), as the coffee is “marked” with a spot of milk. From Latin maculātus (“stained”), form of macula (“stain”). Cognate to English macula (“[dark] spot”), French maculé.

Noun

macchiato (plural macchiatos)

1. Espresso topped with steamed milk.

Synonyms

• caffè macchiato
• espresso macchiato

Related terms

• latte macchiato

Translations

type of coffee

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瑪奇朵／玛奇朵 (zh) (mǎqíduǒ), 玛奇朵 (zh) (mǎqíduǒ)

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: macchiato (fi)
• Italian: macchiato (it) m
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• Japanese: マキアート (makiāto)
• Korean: 마키아토 (makiato)
• Russian: макиа́то m or n (makiáto)
• Tagalog: makiyato

See also

• coffee
• cortado

Further reading

• Caffè macchiato on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Adjective

1. stained
2. (of the skin of an animal) spotted

Derived terms

• caffè macchiato

Verb

1. past participle of macchiare
2. past participle of macchiarsi