Meanings
nounaffogato (countable and uncountable, plural affogati or affogatos)
plural affogati · plural affogatos
- countableuncountableA drink or dessert (especially ice cream) topped with espresso and sometimes a caramel or chocolate sauce.
The magic of affogato is that you get two pleasures in one: a spoonable dessert sauced with coffee, and a cream-blushed drink to chase it.
2021 August 11, Eric Kim, “Affogato”, in New York Times Cooking, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2021
Origin
- Italianaffogato
- Englishaffogato
Borrowed from Italian affogato (literally “drowned”).
More words from Italian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans affogato
- affogatodessert
Arabic أَفُّوغَاتُو, أَفُّوقَاتُو
- أَفُّوغَاتُو (ʔaffūḡātū)dessert
- أَفُّوقَاتُو (ʔaffūqātū)dessert
- أَفُّوجَاتُو (ʔaffūjātū)dessert
Chinese Mandarin 阿芙佳朵
- 阿芙佳朵 (āfújiāduǒ)dessert
Dutch affogato
- affogatodessert
Finnish affogato
- affogatodessert
French affogato
- affogatodessert
Hebrew אַפוֹגַטוֹ
- אַפוֹגַטוֹ (afogáto)dessert
Italian affogato
- affogatodessert
Japanese アフォガート
- アフォガート (afogāto)dessert
Korean 아포가토
- 아포가토 (apogato)dessert
Russian аффогато
- аффогато (affogato)dessert
Thai อัฟโฟกาโต
- อัฟโฟกาโต (àf-foh gaa dtoh)dessert
Ukrainian афога́то
- афога́то (afoháto)dessert
Cite this entry
APA
affogato. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affogato
MLA
“affogato.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affogato. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “affogato,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affogato.
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