a la carta
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a la ˈkaɾta/ [a la ˈkaɾ.t̪a]
- Syllabification: a la car‧ta
Adverb
- (Food and drink) à la carte (allowing selection only from a fixed list of options, typically shown on a menu)
- (by extension) from any longlist of options, or even free choice, as opposed to a shortlist
- on demand (when needed or required)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “a la carta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024