cabrito

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

nounMexican Cooking.
  1. the meat of a young goat.

Origin of cabrito

1
First recorded in 1620–30; from Spanish: “kid,” equivalent to cabr(o) “goat” (from Latin capr-, stem of caper ) + -ito diminutive suffix

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