cóctel
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English cocktail.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoɡtel/ [ˈkoɣ̞.t̪el]
- Rhymes: -oɡtel
- Syllabification: cóc‧tel
Noun
cóctel m (plural cócteles or cóctels)
- cocktail
- cocktail party
- 2023 May 26, Jordi Pérez Colomé, “Quién es Sam Altman: millonario creador de ChatGPT, gurú de ‘startups’ y profeta apocalíptico”, in El País[1]:
- La conversación fluía como si en un cóctel alguien llamara más la atención, pero de manera educada.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “cóctel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “cóctel”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN