torito
English
Noun
torito (plural toritos)
- A sweet creamy cocktail originating in Mexico.
- 2024 January 20, Massarah Mikati, “Torito, a creamy Mexican cocktail, hasn’t hit mainstream America—yet. This mother-daughter duo is bringing it to Philadelphia.”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer:
- A combination of sweetened condensed and evaporated milks with cane liquor and peanuts or local fruits, the cocktail reenergized the laborers, who began calling it torito — or “little bull” — because they felt it gave them the strength of a bull.
Northern Puebla Nahuatl
References
- Brockway, Earl, Hershey de Brockway, Trudy, Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2018) Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 42) (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 236
Spanish
Noun
torito m (plural toritos)
- Diminutive of toro (“bull”)
- firemouth cichlid (Thorichthys meeki)
- Synonym: boca de fuego
- (Chile) thornfish (fish of the family Bovichtidae)
- (Mexico) A sweet cocktail made from a mix of milk, rum, and various flavorings.
- (folklore, Guatemala, Mexico) A framework in the shape of a bull covered in fireworks, which is worn like a costume and set alight during various popular festivals.
- (Colombia) A traditional carnival dance originating in Barranquilla.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “torito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “torito” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.