Dictionary

cortado en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kɔɹˈtɑdoʊ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cortado (“cut”).

Meanings

1. A cup of espresso served with warm milk.
   • "[…] and a couple of espressos. Make the lady's a cortado, you know, the way you add just a touch of steamed milk." 2021, Florencia Mallon, Beyond the Ties of Blood, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
   • We ordered a couple of shots and a couple of cortados and sat by the narrow, unglazed arch that overlooked the reservoir. 'To Yvan,' he declared, and I raised my aguardiente to his, chinking glasses to the insincere memory of [Yvan]. 2009, Chris Haslam, Twelve-Step Fandango, Zondervan, →ISBN, page 93:

Forms

Translations (4)

it caffè macchiato (espresso with milk) · cmn 可塔朵 (espresso with milk) · pt cortado (espresso with milk) · fi cortado (espresso with milk)