cantina

See also: cantiña

English

Etymology

From Spanish cantina, from Italian cantina. Doublet of canteen.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kænˈtiː.nə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kænˈti.nə/, [kʰɛənˈti.nə], [kʰeənˈti.nə] (see /æ/ raising)
• Rhymes: -iːnə

Noun

cantina (plural cantinas)

1. A drinking establishment, often specifically of the type found in Latin America.
   • 2009 January 31, Alan Feuer, “It’s Theirs and They’re Not Apologizing”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 May 2024:

     Meanwhile, around the corner, Larry Meyers and Gerard Novello […] ducked into a Mexican cantina for a drink.

2. A cantina truck, cantina wagon or cantina trailer.

Translations

drinking establishment

Further reading

• cantina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Tannaic

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cantina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kənˈti.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kanˈti.na]

Noun

cantina f (plural cantines)

1. canteen, cafeteria, dining hall

Related terms

• menjador
• restaurant

Further reading

• “cantina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *canthus (“corner”), from Gaulish *cantos, denoting the location for liquor storage, from Proto-Celtic *cantos (“corner”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ndʰ-. Perhaps cognate with Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthós, “corner of the eye”), but this is unconvincing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈti.na/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: can‧tì‧na

Noun

cantina f (plural cantine)

1. cellar, basement, winery
2. wine shop, wine cellar

Related terms

• cantinetta
• cantiniere

Descendants

• → French: cantine
  • → German: Kantine
  • → Romanian: cantină
  • → Turkish: kantin
  • → English: canteen
  • → Portuguese: cantina
    • → Malay: kantin
      • → Indonesian: kantin
• → Spanish: cantina
  • → English: cantina

Anagrams

• cannati, incanta, tannica

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Celtic *cantos

Gaulish *cantosbor.

Vulgar Latin *canthus

Italian cantinabor.

French cantinebor.

Portuguese cantina

Borrowed from French cantine, borrowed from Italian cantina.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃĩ.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈti.nɐ/

Noun

cantina f (plural cantinas)

1. canteen, cafeteria (a dining area)

Descendants

• → Malay: kantin
  • → Indonesian: kantin

Further reading

• “cantina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cantina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Celtic *cantos

Gaulish *cantosbor.

Vulgar Latin *canthus

Italian cantinabor.

Spanish cantina

Borrowed from Italian cantina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtina/ [kãn̪ˈt̪i.na]

• Audio (Costa Rica):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: can‧ti‧na

Noun

cantina f (plural cantinas)

1. (South America, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic) saloon, speakeasy, bar

   Synonym: bar

2. wine cellar
3. place in the house where drinking water is stored
4. (Bolivia, Mexico) liquor cabinet
5. (Colombia) glass milk bottle
6. cafeteria, canteen (staff restaurant)

   Synonyms: casino, comedor

Descendants

• → English: cantina

Further reading

• “cantina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026