cortado

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cortado (“cut”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cortado (plural cortados)

  1. A cup of espresso served with warm milk.
    • 2009, Chris Haslam, Twelve-Step Fandango, Zondervan, →ISBN, page 93:
      We ordered a couple of shots and a couple of cortados and sat by the narrow, unglazed arch that overlooked the reservoir. 'To Yvan,' he declared, and I raised my aguardiente to his, chinking glasses to the insincere memory of [Yvan].
    • 2021, Florencia Mallon, Beyond the Ties of Blood, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
      " […] and a couple of espressos. Make the lady's a cortado, you know, the way you add just a touch of steamed milk."

Translations

Anagrams

Galician

Participle

cortado (feminine cortada, masculine plural cortados, feminine plural cortadas)

  1. past participle of cortar

Portuguese

Etymology

Past participle of cortar.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: cor‧ta‧do

Adjective

cortado (feminine cortada, masculine plural cortados, feminine plural cortadas)

  1. cut
  2. chopped

Participle

cortado (feminine cortada, masculine plural cortados, feminine plural cortadas)

  1. past participle of cortar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koɾˈtado/
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: cor‧ta‧do

Adjective

cortado (feminine cortada, masculine plural cortados, feminine plural cortadas)

  1. (said of a writing style) choppy, disconnected
  2. chopped
  3. adjusted, proportioned
  4. thickened, coagulated
  5. shy
  6. (heraldry) divided into two equal parts horizontally, per fess
    Synonym: proporcionado

Noun

cortado m (plural cortados)

  1. a coffee or espresso with a small amount of warm milk added
    Synonyms: cortadito, (Venezuela) marrón

Derived terms

Participle

cortado (feminine cortada, masculine plural cortados, feminine plural cortadas)

  1. past participle of cortar

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