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/Sounds like "TEEN" (as in "tea") + "toh" (as in "toll")/
Red wine in Spain and the Southern Cone. Careful: ordering a tinto in a Spanish restaurant gets you a glass of wine, not coffee like in Colombia, one of the most common mix-ups between countries.
“Give me a house tinto with dinner.”
“We drank two bottles of tinto between the four of us.”
/Sounds like "TEEN" (as in "tea") + "toh" (as in "toll")/
Hot black coffee, served without milk or sugar in a small cup. In Colombia, ordering a tinto is like ordering water, it's the most basic and essential drink of everyday life.
“Want a cup of black coffee? It's freshly made.”
“In Colombia they offer you a tinto wherever you go.”
/Sounds like "TEEN" (as in "tea") + "toh" (as in "toll")/
Black coffee with no milk or sugar in Honduras, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. (In Colombia "tinto" also means black coffee, while in Spain the word means red wine.) In Central America, tinto is the drink of the daily grind and early mornings.
“Give me a strong black coffee to wake me up.”
“Without my morning coffee I cannot function at all.”
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/Sounds like "TEEN" (as in "tea") + "toh" (as in "toll")/
Red wine in Spain and the Southern Cone. Careful: ordering a tinto in a Spanish restaurant gets you a glass of wine, not coffee like in Colombia, one of the most common mix-ups between countries.
“Give me a house tinto with dinner.”
“We drank two bottles of tinto between the four of us.”
/Sounds like "TEEN" (as in "tea") + "toh" (as in "toll")/
Hot black coffee, served without milk or sugar in a small cup. In Colombia, ordering a tinto is like ordering water, it's the most basic and essential drink of everyday life.
“Want a cup of black coffee? It's freshly made.”
“In Colombia they offer you a tinto wherever you go.”
/Sounds like "TEEN" (as in "tea") + "toh" (as in "toll")/
Black coffee with no milk or sugar in Honduras, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. (In Colombia "tinto" also means black coffee, while in Spain the word means red wine.) In Central America, tinto is the drink of the daily grind and early mornings.
“Give me a strong black coffee to wake me up.”
“Without my morning coffee I cannot function at all.”
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Callear
To wander the streets without a fixed destination, just to see what is happening or pass the time. In Colombia and Venezuela, callear is the go-to activity when you have no specific plan but staying home is simply not an option.