cantina
See also: cantiña
English
Etymology
From Spanish cantina, from Italian cantina. Doublet of canteen.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kænˈtiː.nə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /kænˈti.nə/, [kʰɛənˈti.nə], [kʰeənˈti.nə] (see /æ/ raising)
- Rhymes: -iːnə
Noun
cantina (plural cantinas)
- A drinking establishment, often specifically of the type found in Latin America.
- 2009 January 31, Alan Feuer, “It’s Theirs and They’re Not Apologizing”, in New York Times[1]:
- Meanwhile, around the corner, Larry Meyers and Gerard Novello […] ducked into a Mexican cantina for a drink.
- A cantina truck, cantina wagon or cantina trailer.
Translations
drinking establishment
Further reading
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cantina.
Pronunciation
Noun
cantina f (plural cantines)
Related terms
Further reading
- “cantina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *canthus (“corner”), from Gaulish *cantos, denoting the location for liquor storage, from Proto-Celtic *cantos (“corner”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ndʰ-. Compare Ancient Greek κανθός
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kanˈti.na/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ina
- Hyphenation: can‧tì‧na
Noun
cantina f (plural cantine)
Related terms
Descendants
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French cantine, from Italian cantina (“cellar”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ̃ˈti.nɐ/
Noun
cantina f (plural cantinas)
References
- ^ “cantina”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cantina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kanˈtina/ [kãn̪ˈt̪i.na]
Audio (Costa Rica): (file) - Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: can‧ti‧na
Noun
cantina f (plural cantinas)
- (South America, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic) saloon, speakeasy, bar
- Synonym: bar
- wine cellar
- place in the house where drinking water is stored
- (Bolivia, Mexico) liquor cabinet
- (Colombia) glass milk bottle
- cafeteria, canteen (staff restaurant)
Descendants
- → English: cantina
Further reading
- “cantina”, 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