carinderia

English

Alternative forms
  • carenderia
  • calenderia (archaic)

Etymology

From Philippine Spanish carindería, where the root, Spanish carí, itself is from Tagalog kari (“curry”).[1] Compare Tagalog karinderya.

Noun

carinderia (plural carinderias)

  1. (Philippines) A small restaurant or canteen or eatery that serves local (usually Filipino) food

References
  1. Lim, Lisa (2018 October 28) “New Philippine English words in Oxford English dictionary give us food for thought”, in Language Matters ~South China Morning Post Magazine‎

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