affogato

English

An affogato

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian affogato (literally “drowned”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑːfəˈɡɑːtəʊ/, /ˌæfəˈɡɑːtəʊ/

Noun

affogato (countable and uncountable, plural affogati or affogatos)

1. A drink or dessert (especially ice cream) topped with espresso and sometimes a caramel or chocolate sauce.
   • 2021 August 11, Eric Kim, “Affogato”, in New York Times Cooking‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 August 2021:

     The magic of affogato is that you get two pleasures in one: a spoonable dessert sauced with coffee, and a cream-blushed drink to chase it.

Translations

dessert

• Afrikaans: affogato
• Arabic: أَفُّوغَاتُو m (ʔaffūḡātū), أَفُّوقَاتُو m (ʔaffūqātū), أَفُّوجَاتُو m (ʔaffūjātū)
• Azerbaijani: affoqato
• Belarusian: афагата (afahata)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿芙佳朵 (āfújiāduǒ)

• Dutch: affogato m
• Finnish: affogato
• French: affogato (fr) m
• Hebrew: אַפוֹגַטוֹ (he) m (afogáto)
• Italian: affogato (it) m
• Japanese: アフォガート (afogāto)
• Kazakh: аффогато (affogato)
• Korean: 아포가토 (apogato)
• Russian: аффогато m (affogato)
• Slovene: afogato m
• Thai: อัฟโฟกาโต (àf-foh gaa dtoh)
• Ukrainian: афога́то m (afoháto)

Further reading

• affogato on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /af.foˈɡa.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: af‧fo‧gà‧to

Participle

affogato (feminine affogata, masculine plural affogati, feminine plural affogate)

1. past participle of affogare

Adjective

affogato (feminine affogata, masculine plural affogati, feminine plural affogate)

1. drowned
2. poached (cooking), or otherwise cooked in a sauce
3. (chess) checkmated, in a corner of the board, by a knight

Noun

affogato m (plural affogati)

1. affogato (ice cream served with a syrup or sauce)

Descendants

• → English: affogato
• → Swedish: affogato

Swedish

en affogato ― an affogato

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian affogato (literally “drowned”).

Noun

affogato c

1. an affogato; a (scoop of) ice cream in coffee
   • 2024 May 23, “Middag med tjejerna med moules frites och affogato [Dinner with the girls with moules frites and affogato]”, in Aftonbladet:

     Det bjuds på Chips med en grön örtig creme fraiche och löjrom, Belgiens klassiska moules frites med min saffransaioli och hemmagjorda pommes frites, och avslutningsvis, världens enklaste dessert: affogato med hasselnötslikör.

     On offer are crisps with a green, herby crème fraîche and vendace roe, Belgium’s classic moules frites with my saffron aioli and homemade chips, and finally, the world’s simplest dessert: affogato with hazelnut liqueur.