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affogato

/ˌɑːfəˈɡɑːtəʊ/

affogato noun: a drink or dessert (especially ice cream) topped with espresso and sometimes a caramel or chocolate sauce.

affogato: a drink or dessert (especially ice cream) topped with espresso and sometimes a caramel or chocolate...
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Noun

affogato (countable and uncountable, plural affogati or affogatos)

  1. A drink or dessert (especially ice cream) topped with espresso and sometimes a caramel or chocolate sauce.
    • The magic of affogato is that you get two pleasures in one: a spoonable dessert sauced with coffee, and a cream-blushed drink to chase it.2021 August 11, Eric Kim, “Affogato”, in New York Times Cooking, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2021

affogato meaning in Arabic and Thai

affogato in Arabic

dessert
أَفُّوغَاتُو ʔaffūḡātū, أَفُّوقَاتُو ʔaffūqātū, أَفُّوجَاتُو ʔaffūjātū

affogato in Thai

dessert
อัฟโฟกาโต àf-foh gaa dtoh

Forms of affogato

pluralaffogati
pluralaffogatos

Origin of affogato

Borrowed from Italian affogato (literally “drowned”).

Questions about affogato

What does affogato mean?
Affogato means a drink or dessert (especially ice cream) topped with espresso and sometimes a caramel or chocolate sauce.
What is affogato in Arabic?
Affogato in Arabic is أَفُّوغَاتُو (ʔaffūḡātū), أَفُّوقَاتُو (ʔaffūqātū), أَفُّوجَاتُو (ʔaffūjātū). See Affogato meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is affogato?
Affogato is a noun.
How do you pronounce affogato?
Affogato is pronounced /ˌɑːfəˈɡɑːtəʊ/.
What is the plural of affogato?
The plural of affogato is affogati.

Words near affogato in the dictionary

  1. affoarding
  2. affoards
  3. affodill
  4. affodills
  5. affogati
  6. affogato
  7. affogatos
  8. Affolter
  9. Affolters
  10. affoord
  11. affoorded

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