batido

noun

ba·​ti·​do bə-ˈtē-(ˌ)dō 

variants or less commonly batida

bə-ˈtē-də 

plural batidos also batidas

: a beverage made of usually tropical fruit blended usually with milk and ice

My favorite was an arepa … with a cold melon batido alongside.

—Anne Polisar, Christian Science Monitor (Boston, Massachusetts), 19 Jan. 1981

Quenching a tropical thirst are what batidos are all about.

—Linda Cicero, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 1988

… workers behind the counter whip up batidos from fresh or frozen fruit.

—Julia Moskin, New York Times, 21 June 2006

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese, masculine variant of batida batida

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

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