carinderia

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noun

A small eatery or canteen or cafeteria that serves local (usually Filipino) food

OriginPhilippine Spanish carindería ← Spanish carí ← Tagalog kari →
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Meanings

nouncarinderia (plural carinderias)

plural carinderias · alternative carenderia · alternative archaic calenderia

  1. PhilippinesA small eatery or canteen or cafeteria that serves local (usually Filipino) food

Origin

  1. Tagalogkari“curry”
  2. Spanishcarí
  3. Philippine Spanishcarindería
  4. Englishcarinderia

From Philippine Spanish carindería, where the root, Spanish carí, itself is from Tagalog kari (“curry”). Compare Tagalog karinderya.

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APA

carinderia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carinderia

MLA

“carinderia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carinderia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carinderia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carinderia.

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