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antojito

antojito noun: any of various types of snack or appetizer in Mexican cuisine, such as a torta or pambazo.

Noun

antojito (plural antojitos)

  1. Any of various types of snack or appetizer in Mexican cuisine, such as a torta or pambazo.
    • At this little-plates restaurant, where tapas are called antojitos, even the salads are refreshingly different: slices of chayote topped with crumbled queso fresco and sprinkled with crushed peanuts in a hibiscus dressing.2009 January 16, Marian Burros, “Penn Quarter’s International Flavor”, in New York Times

Forms of antojito

pluralantojitos

Origin of antojito

Borrowed from Spanish antojito.

Questions about antojito

What does antojito mean?
Antojito means any of various types of snack or appetizer in Mexican cuisine, such as a torta or pambazo.
What part of speech is antojito?
Antojito is a noun.
What is the plural of antojito?
The plural of antojito is antojitos.

Words near antojito in the dictionary

  1. antoikoi
  2. Antoine
  3. Antoine-Labelle
  4. Antoinette
  5. Antoing
  6. antojito
  7. antojitos
  8. Antolin
  9. Antolins
  10. Anton
  11. Anton Pillar order

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