torito

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish torito.

Noun

torito (plural toritos)

1. A sweet creamy cocktail originating in Mexico.
   • 2024 January 20, Massarah Mikati, “Torito, a creamy Mexican cocktail, hasn’t hit mainstream America—yet. This mother-daughter duo is bringing it to Philadelphia.”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer‎^[1]:

     A combination of sweetened condensed and evaporated milks with cane liquor and peanuts or local fruits, the cocktail reenergized the laborers, who began calling it torito — or “little bull” — because they felt it gave them the strength of a bull.

Northern Puebla Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish torito.

Noun

torito

1. A kind of pit viper. (clarification of this definition is needed)

References

• Brockway, Earl, Hershey de Brockway, Trudy, Santos Valdés, Leodegario (2018) Diccionario náhuatl del norte del estado de Puebla (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves"; 42)‎^[2] (in Spanish), segunda ILV edición (versión electrónica) edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 236

Spanish

torito (def. 5)

Etymology

From toro +‎ -ito.

Noun

torito m (plural toritos)

1. diminutive of toro (“bull”)
2. firemouth cichlid (Thorichthys meeki)

   Synonym: boca de fuego

3. (Chile) thornfish (fish of the family Bovichtidae)
4. (Mexico) A sweet cocktail made from a mix of milk, rum, and various flavorings.
5. (folklore, Guatemala, Mexico) A framework in the shape of a bull covered in fireworks, which is worn like a costume and set alight during various popular festivals.
6. (Colombia) A traditional carnival dance originating in Barranquilla.

Derived terms

• torito de la virgen

 

Descendants

• → English: torito
• → Northern Puebla Nahuatl: torito

Further reading

• “torito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
• “torito” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010