A latte is a coffee drink made with espresso — that is the strong, short coffee — and a lot of steamed milk on top. You can mean the drink or the cup of it. Dictionaries sometimes call it “very strong coffee with milk,” but the messy truth is kinder to the milk: the espresso is strong, yet there is so much milk that the cup tastes milder and creamier than a cappuccino, which has more foam and less milk.

A latte「latte」（拿鐵） is是 a coffee drink made with espresso用espresso做成的咖啡飲料 that is也就是 the strong, short coffee濃烈的短萃咖啡 and再 a lot of steamed milk on top加上大量蒸過、鋪在上面的牛奶。You你 can mean可以指 the drink這個飲料 or或是 the cup of it裝著它的那個杯子。Dictionaries字典 sometimes call it有時候把它稱作 "very strong coffee with milk,"「加牛奶的濃咖啡」 but but the messy truth is kinder to the milk比較真實的情況對牛奶更公平一點 the espresso is strong雖然espresso很濃 yet但是 there is so much milk牛奶加得非常多 that the cup tastes milder and creamier以至於整杯喝起來更溫和、更滑順 than a cappuccino比卡布奇諾還要溫和滑順 which而後者 has more foam and less milk奶泡比較多、牛奶比較少。

In a café, latte is everyday, slightly trendy speech. People order vanilla lattes, iced lattes, and so on; the extra flavour sits on the same idea.

In a café在咖啡廳裡 latte「latte」 is是 everyday, slightly trendy speech日常又帶點流行感的說法。People有人 order vanilla lattes, iced lattes, and so on會點香草拿鐵、冰拿鐵等等 the extra flavour這些額外的口味 sits on the same idea都是建立在同一個概念上。

Though actually, in Italian, latte only means milk. If you ask for “a latte” in Italy, you may get a glass of milk, not coffee. In English the coffee is understood, because we shortened caffè latte, “milk coffee.”

Though actually不過 in Italian在義大利文裡 latte「latte」 only means只是指 milk牛奶。If you ask for "a latte" in Italy如果你在義大利點「a latte」 you may get你可能會拿到 a glass of milk一杯牛奶 not coffee而不是咖啡。In English在英文裡 the coffee is understood咖啡的意思是隱含在裡面的 because因為 we shortened caffè latte, "milk coffee."我們把caffè latte（「牛奶咖啡」）簡化了。