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cabrito

cabrito

1 9.3
A young goat cooked and eaten in Spanish or Latin American cooking
  • noun
  • /kəˈbriːtoʊ/
  • US
: cabrito
  • The restaurant's signature dish is cabrito asado, slow-roasted to perfection and served with fresh salsa.
  • cabrito (young goat)

Examples

  • Give me and my friend here a plate of your finest cabrito.

  • Where's my cabrito?

  • At the festival, we enjoyed a traditional dish of cabrito cooked with spices and served with tortillas.

  • He ordered cabrito for dinner, eager to taste the tender meat celebrated in Latin American cuisine.

How Young

cabrito
  • US
1 9.3
goat
360 1.0

Surface Forms

cabrito singular
cabritos plural

Etymology

Cabrito comes from Spanish cabra ('goat') plus the small ending -ito ('little'), so it literally means 'little goat'. That's why cabrito today usually means a young goat, like the English word 'kid', and often refers to the meat served in Spanish and Latin American dishes.