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
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Give me and my friend here a plate of your finest cabrito.
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Where's my cabrito?
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At the festival, we enjoyed a traditional dish of cabrito cooked with spices and served with tortillas.
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He ordered cabrito for dinner, eager to taste the tender meat celebrated in Latin American cuisine.
How Young
cabrito
1
9.3
- US
1
9.3
goat
360
1.0
360
1.0
Surface Forms
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.