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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmortero
Pronunciation / Transliteration: mor-te-ro
"El barman usó un mortero pequeño para machacar la menta."
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A bartending tool resembling a small pestle, used to crush or mash fruits, herbs, and spices in the bottom of a glass to release their flavors for cocktails.
"The bartender used a wooden muddler to crush fresh mint leaves and limes for the mojito." - 2
A person who muddles, confuses, or proceeds in a confused or haphazard manner.
"He was a well-meaning muddler who ultimately delayed the project's completion."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb 'muddle' (to mix or confuse, ultimately from Middle Dutch 'moddelen' or frequentative of 'mud'), combined with the agent suffix '-er'. Originally referring to a person or tool that creates disorder or mixes things up, its modern specialized culinary and bartending sense emerged in the late 19th and 20th centuries to designate a pestle-like bar tool used for mashing fruit, herbs, and spices.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Muddler" is said worldwide
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pilon à cocktail
Transliteration: pilon a kok-tail
"Le barman a utilisé un pilon à cocktail pour écraser la menthe."
Barstößel
Transliteration: bar-stœ-sel
"Der Barkeeper nahm einen Barstößel, um die Minze zu zerdrücken."
pestello
Transliteration: pes-tel-lo
"Il barman ha usato il pestello per preparare il mojito."
mortero
Transliteration: mor-te-ro
"El barman usó un mortero pequeño para machacar la menta."
macerador
Transliteration: ma-se-ra-dor
"O bartender usou o macerador para esmagar as folhas de hortelã."
मडलर
Transliteration: madalar
"बार्टेंडर ने मोजितो के लिए पुदीने को कुचलने के लिए मडलर का इस्तेमाल किया।"
捣浆棒
Transliteration: dǎo jiāng bàng
"调酒师用捣浆棒来捣碎薄荷叶。"
머들러
Transliteration: meodeulleo
"바텐더가 모히또에 넣을 민트를 으깨기 위해 머들러를 사용했다."
マドラー
Transliteration: madorā
"バーテンダーはモヒート用のミントを潰すためにマドラーを使いました。"
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