English

Noun

cabrito ‎(uncountable)

1. (cooking) Meat from a young goat; kid.
   • 1995, Cheryl Alters Jamison, Bill Jamison, The Border Cookbook: Authentic Home Cooking of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico, page 223,

     Mutton rivaled beef in prominence until this century, and cabrito, or kid, remains a major food in Nuevo León.

   • 2001, Mary Faulk Koock, The Texas Cookbook: From Barbecue to Banquet-- An Informal View of Dining and Entertaining the Texas Way, page 65,

     Mr. Dean O. Smith, who is the game warden in the Dripping Springs area, barbecues the cabrito for us, and what a treat that is! Cabrito is a very young Spanish goat between one and a half and two years old.

Synonyms

• kid

Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

cabra +‎ -ito.

Noun

cabrito m (plural cabritos, feminine cabrita, feminine plural cabritas)

1. kid (young goat)

Spanish

Etymology

cabra +‎ -ito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈβɾi.to]

Noun

cabrito m ‎(plural cabritos)

1. kid (young goat)

Related terms

• cabra