cubanito

Spanish

Etymology

From cubano +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kubaˈnito/ [ku.β̞aˈni.t̪o]
Rhymes: -ito
Syllabification: cu‧ba‧ni‧to

Noun

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

Diminutive of cubano
(Cuba) a cocktail of rum and tomato juice
(Argentina, Uruguay) an ice cream cone filled with dulce de leche
(Uruguay) a sweet biscuit filled with dulce de leche or cream and covered in chocolate
- 2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, 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

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