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apéro

ah-pay-ROHnounColloquial

A French slang term. Browse all French slang.

What it means

  1. Pre-dinner drinks with something to nibble. A social institution rather than a meal, and prendre l'apéro is an invitation in itself.

Examples with translations

  • On se fait un apéro vers sept heures?

    Shall we have drinks around seven?

  • Apéro chez nous samedi, viens.

    Drinks at ours on Saturday, come along.

Where it comes from

Clipped from apéritif. The French pattern of clipping the end of a word — apéro, resto, ado, dico, ordi — parallels Australian -o words and is just as productive.