cabrito

[ kuh-bree-toh; Spanish kah-bree-taw ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Mexican Cooking.

First recorded in 1620–30; from Spanish: “kid,” equivalent to cabr(o) “goat” (from Latin capr-, stem of caper ) + -ito diminutive suffix

But for the present I want Gamburdo and his friends to think that I am an admirer of the cabrito.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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