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cubanito

Spanish, noun/kubaˈnito/

cubanito is spelled C-U-B-A-N-I-T-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written Spanish, the 239,276th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cubanito is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cubanito” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of cubano. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Barquillo cilíndrico y arrollados con las dimensiones semejantes a las de un cigarro habano, relleno con…”.

What does cubanito mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinediminutive of cubano

  2. 2

    masculinecubanito

  3. 3

    masculinea tubular waffle cone filled with dulce de leche or custard, and often covered in chocolate.

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Barquillo cilíndrico y arrollados con las dimensiones semejantes a las de un cigarro habano, relleno con dulce de leche. 2. Especie de bombón que consta de un núcleo de coco recubierto por chocolate negro fundido sobre el cual se espolvorea azúcar y "escamas" de chocolate. 3. Bebida que se prepara con jugo de tomate y ron.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of cubanito

  • cubanitos plural
  • cubanita feminine
  • cubanitas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cubanito?

  • /kubaˈnito/
  • [ku.β̞aˈni.t̪o]
  • [kuβ̞aˈnit̪o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is cubanito in Spanish?

cubanito appears about once in every 46 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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