cantina
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish cantina, from Italian cantina. Doublet of canteen.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kænˈtiː.nə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kænˈti.nə/, [kʰɛənˈti.nə], [kʰeənˈti.nə] (see /æ/ raising)
- Rhymes: -iːnə
Noun edit
cantina (plural cantinas)
- A drinking establishment, often specifically of the type found in Latin America.
- 2009 January 31, Alan Feuer, “It’s Theirs and They’re Not Apologizing”, in New York Times[1]:
- Meanwhile, around the corner, Larry Meyers and Gerard Novello […] ducked into a Mexican cantina for a drink.
- A cantina truck, cantina wagon or cantina trailer.
Translations edit
drinking establishment
See also edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian cantina.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cantina f (plural cantines)
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Further reading edit
- “cantina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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-. Compare Ancient Greek κανθός
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cantina f (plural cantine)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French cantine, from Italian cantina (“cellar”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cantina f (plural cantinas)
References edit
- ^ “cantina” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian cantina.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cantina f (plural cantinas)
- (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay) saloon, speakeasy, bar
- 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