cortado

/kɔɹˈtɑdoʊ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cortado (“cut”).

noun

  1. A cup of espresso served with warm milk.“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].”