americano
See also: Americano
English
Alternative forms
- Americano
Etymology
1970s, from Italian (caffè) americano[1] or American Spanish americano (“American (coffee)”).[2] Cocktail sense from Italian americano.
Noun
americano (plural americanos)
- A drink made of espresso coffee diluted with hot water.
- Synonyms: cafe americano, caffè americano, coffee americano
- 2017, Ronald H. Balson, The Trust, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 16:
- “No, the coffee. Do you want a cup of Americano?” I groaned. Welcome to Europe. “Can't I just get a cup of regular coffee? A little cream, a little sugar?” […] “An Americano is a shot of espresso with hot water added.” “I don't know why they call it Americano. No one in America drinks espresso and hot water.”
- A cocktail made with Campari, sweet vermouth, and club soda.
- 1953, Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, page 30:
- The waiters wore striped waistcoats and green baize aprons. Bond ordered an Americano and examined the sprinkling of overdressed customers, mostly from Paris he guessed, who sat talking with focus and vivacity, creating that theatrically clubbable atmosphere of l'heure de l'aperitif.
- 2009, Eric Felten, How's Your Drink?: Cocktails, Culture, and the Art of Drinking Well, Agate Publishing, →ISBN, pages 37–38:
- An Americano is made of Campari, sweet vermouth, and soda water over ice in a highball glass. […] The drink was so popular among Americans visiting Italy at the turn of the last century that it was named after them.
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Translations
drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
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References
- “americano”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “americano”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
Caffè Americano on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Americano (cocktail) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Cainamero, acremonia
Asturian
Adjective
americano
- neuter of americanu
Finnish
Etymology
From English americano, from Italian americano and/or Spanish americano.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑmerikɑ(ː)no/, [ˈɑme̞riˌkɑ(ː)no̞]
Noun
americano
- americano (drink)
Declension
| Inflection of americano (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | americano | americanot | |
| genitive | americanon | americanojen | |
| partitive | americanoa | americanoja | |
| illative | americanoon | americanoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | americano | americanot | |
| accusative | nom. | americano | americanot |
| gen. | americanon | ||
| genitive | americanon | americanojen | |
| partitive | americanoa | americanoja | |
| inessive | americanossa | americanoissa | |
| elative | americanosta | americanoista | |
| illative | americanoon | americanoihin | |
| adessive | americanolla | americanoilla | |
| ablative | americanolta | americanoilta | |
| allative | americanolle | americanoille | |
| essive | americanona | americanoina | |
| translative | americanoksi | americanoiksi | |
| instructive | — | americanoin | |
| abessive | americanotta | americanoitta | |
| comitative | — | americanoineen | |
| Possessive forms of americano (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | americanoni | americanomme |
| 2nd person | americanosi | americanonne |
| 3rd person | americanonsa | |
Galician
Etymology
América + -ano
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [amɛɾiˈkanʊ]
Adjective
americano m (feminine singular americana, masculine plural americanos, feminine plural americanas)
- American (of the Americas)
- Synonym: indiano
- American (of the United States of America)
- Synonym: estadounidense
Noun
americano m (plural americanos, feminine americana, feminine plural americanas)
- American (native of the Americas)
- Synonym: indiano
- local who has come back from the Americas, frequently with a sizeable capital
- 1885, Lisardo Rodríguez Barreiro, Unha visita a Rosalía de Castro:
- dixei o engoumado vello de monteira e calzón de boca de cadela, o americano de ponche e pariaguas cun puño de óso...
- I passed by the shrunken old man of monteira and old fashioned pants, the American with punch and umbrella with bone handle...
- dixei o engoumado vello de monteira e calzón de boca de cadela, o americano de ponche e pariaguas cun puño de óso...
- Synonym: indiano
- 1885, Lisardo Rodríguez Barreiro, Unha visita a Rosalía de Castro:
- American (native or citizen of the United States of America)
- Synonym: estadounidense
References
- “americano” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “americano” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “americano” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Etymology
From America + -ano.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.me.riˈka.no/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ano
- Hyphenation: a‧me‧ri‧cà‧no
Adjective
americano (feminine americana, masculine plural americani, feminine plural americane)
- American, United States, US, Yankee
Noun
americano m (plural americani, feminine americana)
- American (native or inhabitant of America, the Americas, or the United States) (male or of unspecified gender)
- Synonym: statunitense (referring to the United States)
Related terms
- America
- americanata
- americanismo
- americanizzare
- americanologo
- antiamericano
- filoamericano
- latinoamericano / latino-americano
- nordamericano
- panamericano
- sudamericano
Anagrams
- anomerica, careniamo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.me.riˈkaː.noː/, [ämɛrɪˈkäːnoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.me.riˈka.no/, [ämeriˈkäːno]
Adjective
americānō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of americānus
Neapolitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ameriˈkɑːnə/
Adjective
americano (feminine singular americana, plural americane)
- American
Noun
americano m (plural americane, feminine singular americana, feminine plural americane)
- American (inhabitant or native of Americas or of the United States)
- Synonym: stataunitense
Portuguese
Etymology
From América + -ano.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.me.ɾiˈkɐ̃.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.me.ɾiˈkɐ.no/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.mɨ.ɾiˈkɐ.nu/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnu, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nu
- Hyphenation: a‧me‧ri‧ca‧no
Adjective
americano (feminine americana, masculine plural americanos, feminine plural americanas, not comparable)
- American (of the Americas)
- American (of the United States of America)
Noun
americano m (plural americanos, feminine americana, feminine plural americanas)
- American (native of the Americas)
- American (native or citizen of the United States of America)
- Synonyms: (Brazil) estado-unidense, norte-americano
- horsecar
- caffè americano
Spanish
Etymology
América + -ano
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ameɾiˈkano/ [a.me.ɾiˈka.no]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -ano
- Syllabification: a‧me‧ri‧ca‧no
Adjective
americano (feminine americana, masculine plural americanos, feminine plural americanas)
- of the Americas
- (proscribed) of the United States
Noun
americano m (plural americanos, feminine americana, feminine plural americanas)
- (common) American (a native of the Americas)
- 1971, Eduardo Galeano, “Introducción”, in Las venas abiertas de América Latina:
- Por el camino hasta perdimos derecho de llamarnos americanos, aunque los haitianos y los cubanos ya habían asomado a la historia, como pueblos nuevos, un siglo antes de que los peregrinos del Mayflower se establecieran en las costas de Plymouth.
- Along the way we even lost the right to call ourselves Americans, although Haitians and Cubans had already entered history, as new peoples, a century before the Mayflower pilgrims settled on the shores of Plymouth.
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- (proscribed, chiefly Spain, US) US-American (a native or citizen of the United States)
- Synonym: estadounidense
- (historical, rare) someone who became rich in the Americas and returned to his country
- Synonym: (more common) indiano
- (US, Philippines) person born and/or raised in the United States.
- (Philippines, historical, obsolete) person born and/or raised in Spanish America who immigrated or visited the Spanish Colonial Philippines or Spanish East Indies in general.
- Synonym: criollo
- Coordinate terms: peninsular, insular, filipino, filipina
Derived terms
- afroamericano
- americanidad
- americanísimo
- americanismo
- americanista
- americanizar
- angloamericano
- antiamericano
- barra americana
- bisonte americano
- cinta americana
- cocina americana
- dólar americano
- fútbol americano
- hispanoamericano
- iberoamericano
- inglés americano
- latinoamericano
- león americano
- nativo americano
- puño americano
- Samoa Americana
- samoano americano
- sicomoro americano
- sueño americano
- unión americana
Related terms
- América
Descendants
- → Navajo: bilagáana
- → Hopi: Pölakaana
- → Tagalog: Amerikano
- → Tagalog: Kano
- → Cebuano: Amerikano
Further reading
- “americano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014