antojito
English
editEtymology
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editantojito (plural antojitos)
- Any of various types of snack or appetizer in Mexican cuisine, such as a torta or pambazo.
- 2009 January 16, Marian Burros, “Penn Quarter’s International Flavor”, in New York Times[1]:
- At this little-plates restaurant, where tapas are called antojitos, even the salads are refreshingly different: slices of chayote topped with crumbled queso fresco and sprinkled with crushed peanuts in a hibiscus dressing.
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editSpanish
editEtymology
editFrom antojo (“craving”) + -ito (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editantojito m (plural antojitos)
Further reading
edit- “antojitos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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