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Definición de cocktail en inglés:


Saltos de línea: cock|tail
Pronunciación: /ˈkɒkteɪl


  • 1An alcoholic drink consisting of a spirit or spirits mixed with other ingredients, such as fruit juice or cream: [as modifier]: a cocktail bar
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  • 1.1A mixture of substances or factors, especially when dangerous or unpleasant: he was killed by a cocktail of drink and drugs
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  • 2A dish consisting of small pieces of food, typically served cold as an hors d’oeuvre: a prawn cocktail
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early 17th century: from cock1 + tail1. The original use was as an adjective describing a creature with a tail like that of a cock, specifically a horse with a docked tail; hence (because hunters and coach-horses were generally docked) a racehorse which was not a thoroughbred, having a cock-tailed horse in its pedigree (early 19th century). sense 1 (originally US, also early 19th century) is perhaps analogous, from the idea of an adulterated spirit.

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