English

Noun

affogato ‎(plural affogati or affogatos)

1. A drink or dessert topped with espresso, and sometimes also with caramel sauce or chocolate sauce
   • 1970, Kate Simon, Italy: the places in between, Harper & Row, page 196:

     A good place for watching this harried, inchoate process is the café nearest the church, whose specialty is affogato (stifled or suffocated or drowned).

See also

• affogato on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Verb

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

1. past participle of affogare

Adjective

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

1. drowned
2. poached (cooking)