Meanings
plural espressos · plural espressi
- countableuncountableA concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing hot water under high pressure through finely ground coffee.
1 more example
It is no surprise that over the last decade the more moneyed elements of the coffee industry have been trying to figure out how to simplify espresso brewing to the point that a consumer can produce a properly rich, smooth-tasting espresso shot without struggling through a complicated process that can be as daunting as upgrading to Vista or assembling a glass-fronted display case from Ikea. […] To conclude, here in tabular form is a summary of our ratings of espressos produced from thirty pod, capsule and disc blends.
2009 January 19, Kenneth Davids, “Convenience First: Espresso Pods and Capsules”, in Coffee Review, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2025 - countableuncountableA drink that includes espresso as an ingredient.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinexprimere
- Italianespresso
- Englishespresso
Borrowed from Italian espresso, from caffè espresso (“pressed-out coffee”), form of esprimere (“to press out”), from Latin exprimere, from ex- (“out”) + primere (“to press”). Some sources derive the term from "expressly" ("individually, directly") made for the customer, or from the Italian espresso ("fast"), as in the English word express ("fast"), although these explanations are not widely accepted. The original term for modern espresso (coffee extracted under pressure) was cream coffee, from Italian caffè crema (variant: crema caffè), due to the crema, and appeared on early Gaggia machines, but this term is no longer used.
More words from Italian, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans espresso
- espressostrong type of coffee
Arabic إِسْبْرِسُّو
- إِسْبْرِسُّو (ʔisbrissū)strong type of coffee
Bengali এসপ্রেসো
- এসপ্রেসো (eśopreśō)strong type of coffee
Bulgarian еспре́со
- еспре́со (espréso)strong type of coffee
Catalan exprés
- exprésstrong type of coffee
Chinese Mandarin 濃縮咖啡 /浓缩咖啡, 濃咖啡 /浓咖啡
- 濃縮咖啡 /浓缩咖啡 (nóngsuō kāfēi)strong type of coffee
- 濃咖啡 /浓咖啡 (nóngkāfēi)strong type of coffee
- 意式濃縮 /意式浓缩 (Yìshì nóngsuō)strong type of coffee
Czech espresso
- espressostrong type of coffee
Danish espresso
- espressostrong type of coffee
Dutch espresso
- espressostrong type of coffee
Esperanto espreso
- espresostrong type of coffee
Estonian espresso
- espressostrong type of coffee
Finnish espresso
- espressostrong type of coffee
French café express, express
- café expressstrong type of coffee
- expressstrong type of coffee
- café expressostrong type of coffee
- expressostrong type of coffee
- café espressostrong type of coffee
- espressostrong type of coffee
- café courtstrong type of coffee
German Espresso
- Espressostrong type of coffee
Greek εσπρέσο
- εσπρέσο (espréso)strong type of coffee
Hebrew אֶסְפְּרֵסוֹ
- אֶסְפְּרֵסוֹ (espréso)strong type of coffee
Hindi एस्प्रेसो
- एस्प्रेसो (espreso)strong type of coffee
Hungarian presszókávé, eszpresszókávé
- presszókávéstrong type of coffee
- eszpresszókávéstrong type of coffee
- eszpresszóstrong type of coffee
Icelandic espressó
- espressóstrong type of coffee
Indonesian espresso
- espressostrong type of coffee
Italian espresso, caffè espresso
- espressostrong type of coffee
- caffè espressostrong type of coffee
- caffè lisciostrong type of coffee
Japanese エスプレッソ
- エスプレッソ (esupuresso)strong type of coffee
Korean 에스프레소
- 에스프레소 (eseupeureso)strong type of coffee
Latvian espreso
- espresostrong type of coffee
Lithuanian espresas
- espresasstrong type of coffee
Malay espresso
- espressostrong type of coffee
Māori kawhe tere, kawhe kutē
- kawhe terestrong type of coffee
- kawhe kutēstrong type of coffee
Norwegian Bokmål espresso
- espressostrong type of coffee
Polish espresso
- espressostrong type of coffee
Portuguese café expresso, expresso
- café expressostrong type of coffee
- expressostrong type of coffee
- bicastrong type of coffee
- cimbalinostrong type of coffee
Romanian espresso
- espressostrong type of coffee
Russian эспре́ссо
- эспре́ссо (esprɛ́sso)strong type of coffee
Slovak espreso
- espresostrong type of coffee
Spanish espresso, expreso
- espressostrong type of coffee
- expresostrong type of coffee
- café exprésstrong type of coffee
Swedish espresso
- espressostrong type of coffee
Thai เอสเปรสโซ
- เอสเปรสโซ (ès-bprès-sôo)strong type of coffee
Turkish espresso
- espressostrong type of coffee
Ukrainian еспре́со
- еспре́со (espréso)strong type of coffee
Urdu اِسْپْرِسو
- اِسْپْرِسو (ispriso)strong type of coffee
Vietnamese espresso
- espressostrong type of coffee
Yiddish עספּרעסאָ־קאַווע, עספּרעסאָ
- עספּרעסאָ־קאַוועstrong type of coffee
- עספּרעסאָ (espreso)strong type of coffee
Cite this entry
espresso. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/espresso
“espresso.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/espresso. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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