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torito

UK/təˈɹiː.təʊ//təˈɹiː.toʊ/

torito noun: a sweet creamy cocktail originating in Mexico.

Noun

torito (plural toritos)

  1. A sweet creamy cocktail originating in Mexico.
    • 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.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

Forms of torito

pluraltoritos

Origin of torito

Borrowed from Spanish torito.

Questions about torito

What does torito mean?
Torito means a sweet creamy cocktail originating in Mexico.
What part of speech is torito?
Torito is a noun.
How do you pronounce torito?
Torito is pronounced /təˈɹiː.toʊ/ (US).
What is the plural of torito?
The plural of torito is toritos.

Words near torito in the dictionary

  1. Torios
  2. toripalimab
  3. Toriphile
  4. Toriphiles
  5. torit
  6. torito
  7. torive
  8. Torkam
  9. torkance
  10. torkances
  11. Torkelson

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