antojito

English

Etymology

From Spanish antojito.

Noun

antojito (plural antojitos)

1. Any of various types of snack or appetizer in Mexican cuisine, such as a torta or pambazo.
   • 2009 January 16, Marian Burros, “Penn Quarter’s International Flavor”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

Anagrams

• jotation

Spanish

Etymology

From antojo (“craving”) +‎ -ito (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /antoˈxito/ [ãn̪.t̪oˈxi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: an‧to‧ji‧to

Noun

antojito m (plural antojitos)

1. antojito

Further reading

• “antojitos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28