cafecito

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cafecito.

Noun

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

Etymology

From café +‎ -cito.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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