entre-corto

Spanish

The Cafe Central Coffee plaque, Calle Santa Maria, off Plaza de la Constitucion, Malaga

Etymology

From entre- + corto

The coffee was named by don José Prado Crespo, the founder of Café Central in Malaga. Tired of the difficulty of understanding the orders of customers, he created a plaque on the tiled wall listing 10 types of coffee by their coffee and milk content. Some of the terms used were words that hadn't been asociated with coffee before, like "nube".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌentɾe ˈkoɾto/ [ˌẽn̪.t̪ɾe ˈkoɾ.t̪o]
• Syllabification: en‧tre-cor‧to

Noun

entre-corto m (plural entre-cortos)

1. (Andalusia, Malaga) A type of coffee made out of roughly 60% milk and 40% coffee

Adjective

entre-corto (feminine entre-corta, masculine plural entre-cortos, feminine plural entre-cortas)

1. (Andalusia, Malaga) A type of coffee made out of roughly 60% milk and 40% coffee