cafetín

Spanish

Etymology

From café +‎ -ín.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kafeˈtin/ [ka.feˈt̪ĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: ca‧fe‧tín

Noun

cafetín m (plural cafetines)

1. coffee shop
   • 2010, Mireya Robles, from Cuba and the US, Trisagio de la Muerte, published via Xlibris Corporation

     No es el dueño del cafetín ni es sirviente y sin embargo...

     He is not the owner of the coffee shop, nor a waiter, and yet...

2. diminutive of café; coffee

Further reading

• “cafetín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16