americano
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- noun
- /əˈmɛrɪkənoʊ/
- Informal
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americano
- Crazy lights exploding smack in a demented sequence on the roof, but Officer Nestor Camacho's fellow cops here in the cockpit, the two fat americanos.
- two americanos
Examples
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Sergeant McCorkle angers Nestor by pronouncing his name "Nestor, the way americanos pronounce it," and by assuming that he is an expert in matters Cuban.
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I need to find an americano who I can trust.
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Hey, americano, We make big crazy fire.
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Have you had a job like that, americano?
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You need an americano with balls, Senor Escobar.
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- Soy Johnny Tyronne, un americano.
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Si, americano.
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He's an americano.
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"What is disclosed about Edward Topping IV by Hotchkiss, Yale... six-three," or about John Smith by "a classic americano, tall, thin, pale, wearing a navy blazer"?
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He's an americano proud of his cultural heritage.
Synonyms
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A person who is a citizen or native of the United States
People from the United States called by people in other countries
A person from the United States, especially as called by people outside that country
Surface Forms
Etymology
Americano comes from the name America and in Spanish and Italian americano means 'a person from America' or 'American', so it is an informal way to say someone is from the Americas, often the United States.