mojito

noun

mo·​ji·​to mō-ˈhē-tō 

plural mojitos

: a cocktail made of rum, sugar, mint, lime juice, and soda water

Examples of mojito in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Other popular cocktails include a rum punch, mango and passion fruit mojitos, frozen pomegranate margaritas, and the Sandy Shandy, made with Sands Beer (another local favorite). —Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2025

What to expect: New mocktails, like a mango mojito, blueberry ginger fizz and phony negroni. —Mckenzie Rankin, Axios, 11 Jan. 2025

Finish the night with mojitos and music at the famous Cafe La Trova on Calle Ocho, and don’t miss jumping in on a free salsa dancing class at legendary Little Havana nightclub Ball & Chain, says Sharpe. —Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 29 Jan. 2025

The word mojito derives from the African word mojo, which means to cast a little spell. —Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Cuban Spanish, diminutive of mojo mojo

Note: The unsuffixed word mojo is recorded in the sense "bebida compuesta de ron, azúcar, limón y agua gaseosa" ("drink consisting of rum, sugar, lemon y soda water") in Un catauro de cubanismos: apuntes lexicográficos (Havana: 1923) by the Cuban essayist and scholar Fernando Ortiz, a collection originally published a year earlier in the journal Revista bimestre cubana.

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for mojito

• bonito
• burrito
• capito
• mosquito
• negrito
• incognito
• peto
• veto