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americano¹
Where it comes from
1970s, from Italian (caffè) americano or American Spanish americano (“American (coffee)”). Cocktail sense from Italian americano.
noun americanos · Americano
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A drink made of espresso coffee diluted with hot water.
Bond ordered an Americano and examined the sprinkling of over-dressed customers, mostly from Paris he guessed, who sat talking with focus and vivacity, creating that theatrically clubbable atmosphere of l'heure de l'apéritif.
Similar: cafe americano, caffè americano, coffee americano
- A cocktail made with Campari, sweet vermouth, and club soda. 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.
Americano²
noun Americanos
- Alternative letter-case form of americano Formerly used only in Italy and Seattle, it includes such tongue activators as latte, lungo, cappuccino, ristretto, macchiato, mochaccino and Americano.
- An American. I hear that your people love the Americanos, so much even that they always yield to them, and would almost kiss their boots, which is not dignified for a great nation. Do the Americanos love your people? Have they not still in their pockets the surplus of the millions of pesetas given to them when t
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noun drink made of espresso diluted with hot water
| Español | americano |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 아메리카노 amerikano |
| 日本語 | アメリカーノ amerikāno |
| 中文 | 美式 Měishì |
| Português | americano |
| Français | americano, américano |
| Deutsch | Americano |
| Italiano | americano |
| Ελληνικά | αμερικάνο amerikáno |
| Русский | америка́но amerikáno |
| العربية | أَمْرِيكَانُو ʔamrīkānū, أَمِرِيكَانُو ʔamirīkānū |
| עברית | אָמֶרִיקָנוֹ amerikáno |
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title = {americano},
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