carinderia

English

Alternative forms

  • carenderia
  • calenderia (archaic)

Etymology

From Philippine Spanish carindería, where the root, Spanish carí, itself is from Tagalog kari (“curry”).[1] Compare Tagalog karinderya.

Noun

carinderia (plural carinderias)

  1. (Philippines) A small eatery or canteen or cafeteria that serves local (usually Filipino) food

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Lim, Lisa (28 October 2018) “New Philippine English words in Oxford English dictionary give us food for thought”, in Language Matters ~South China Morning Post Magazine‎[1]

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