Americano
Americannoun
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Americanos
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Americano
1940–45; < Spanish: American
Example Sentences
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A couple of scenes later, though, they’re back to flirting heavily again, just as they did over the question of whether a bar is really an ideal place to seek a cold-foam-and-caramel-drizzled Americano.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
On my first morning, I looked up at a coffee shop menu and saw a sticker of a Canadian flag pasted over my habitual order, an Americano.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
They must be the most distinctive iced Americano coffees in this city – the cafe sits in a leafy corner of the long-shuttered US embassy.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
Per Starbucks policy, customers can add up to 4 ounces of any non-dairy milk of their choice at no extra cost to hot or iced brewed coffee or tea, cold brew and Americano drinks.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2024
The mothers shrieked with laughter, and the expert sat down so that an Americano with red hair and thick glasses could tell us about food.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
“Now I can look forward to ruining my sleep schedule, chugging iced Americanos, and screaming at the TV at 3 a.m. for a country I don’t live in while our national team sleeps peacefully.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
With that specialization also came espresso beverages—the flat whites, cappuccinos, and Americanos that now make up the baseline menu for most coffee shops.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2025
Some even said hot tea sold better than hot chocolate, Americanos or certain food items.
From Fox News ● Oct. 20, 2021
The following day, my date Dave and I sipped Americanos by the Silver Lake Reservoir.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2021
In Puerto Rico the only foreigners I’d been aware of were Americanos.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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