cubanito

Spanish

Etymology

From cubano +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kubaˈnito/ [ku.β̞aˈni.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: cu‧ba‧ni‧to

Noun

cubanito m (plural cubanitos, feminine cubanita, feminine plural cubanitas)

1. diminutive of cubano
2. (Cuba) a cocktail of rum and tomato juice
3. (Argentina, Uruguay) an ice cream cone filled with dulce de leche
4. (Uruguay) a sweet biscuit filled with dulce de leche or cream and covered in chocolate
   • 2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay (in English), Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 41:

     Three pound cakes, chocolate topping, sprinkles, and cubanitos.

Further reading

• “cubanito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014