americano

English

Noun

americano (plural americanos)

  1. A drink made of espresso coffee diluted with hot water.
  2. A cocktail made with Campari, sweet vermouth, and club soda.

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.me.riˈka.no/
  • Hyphenation: a‧me‧ri‧cà‧no

Adjective

americano (feminine singular americana, masculine plural americani, feminine plural americane)

  1. American, United States, US, Yankee

Noun

americano m (plural americani, feminine americana)

  1. American (inhabitant or native of Americas or of the United States)

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Latin

Adjective

americānō

  1. dative masculine singular of americānus
  2. dative neuter singular of americānus
  3. ablative masculine singular of americānus
  4. ablative neuter plural of americānus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.me.ɾiˈkɜ.nu/

Adjective

americano m (feminine singular americana, masculine plural americanos, feminine plural americanas, not comparable)

  1. American (inhabitant of the Americas)
  2. American (person born in, or citizen of, the United States of America)

Noun

americano m (plural americanos, feminine americana, feminine plural americanas)

  1. American (native of the Americas)
  2. American (native of the United States of America)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ameɾiˈkano/

Adjective

americano (feminine singular americana, masculine plural americanos, feminine plural americanas) (superlative americanísimo)

  1. of the Americas
  2. of the United States

Noun

americano m (plural americanos, feminine americana, feminine plural americanas)

  1. American (a native of the Americas)
  2. American (a native of the United States)
  3. someone who became rich in America (the continent) and returned to his country

Usage notes

  • Definition 1 is the common meaning.
  • Definition 2 is more modern and imported from English. It is more commonly used in Spain than in the Americas.
  • Definition 3 is very rarely used, the term indiano being more common.
  • Only in the United States is americano currently used in reference to the United States. Otherwise, in Spanish americano is always used in reference to the American continent. For the United States (country) in particular, the more precise term is estadounidense.
  • The usage of the term norteamericano in reference to the United States is also not entirely correct, as this term technically refers to North America (which includes Canada, United States and Mexico), but it is very common in reference to the U.S.

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