sobremesa

f.

1 after-dinner talk, after-lunch conversation, after-dinner conversation, table talk.

2 dessert, afters.

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sobremesa

► nombre femenino

1 (período) afternoon

■ la programación de la sobremesa the afternoon's television programmes

2 (charla) table talk

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar de sobremesa to stay at the table and talk after a meal

lámpara de sobremesa table lamp

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SF

1) (=después de comer) sitting on after a meal

estar de sobremesa — to sit round the table after lunch/dinner

conversación de sobremesa — table talk

charla de sobremesa — after-dinner speech

orador de sobremesa — after-dinner speaker

programa de sobremesa — (TV) afternoon programme

un cigarro de sobremesa — an after-lunch/dinner cigar

hablaremos de eso en la sobremesa — we'll talk about that after lunch/dinner

2)

lámpara de sobremesa — table lamp

ordenador de sobremesa — desktop computer

3) (=mantel) table cover, tablecloth

4) (=postre) dessert

SOBREMESA After the main meal of the day, which usually takes place at around 2 or 3 p.m., the Spanish have traditionally lingered on at table drinking coffee and either chatting or watching TV before returning to work later in the afternoon. If they have more time, they may even have a liqueur or play cards. While estar de sobremesa is also occasionally applied to the period after the evening meal, it is more usually taken to mean after lunch, and the sobremesa time band used in TV programme listings applies only to between 2.00 and 5.00 p.m.

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femenino

a) (período)

se emitirá en la sobremesa — it will be shown in the afternoon slot

programación de sobremesa — afternoon viewing

b) (conversación) after-lunch/after-dinner conversation

estuvimos de sobremesa — we sat around the table chatting

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= after-tea, after-dinner.

Ex. Go into the average good home of the crust, in the quietude of 'after-tea' and you will see a youthful miss sitting over something by Charlotte M Yonge or Charles Kingsley.

Ex. Part of library legend is now a steel manufacturer's after-dinner statement that if a piece of research cost less than $100,000, it was cheaper to repeat it than to try to find out if it had already been done.

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* de sobremesa = table-top [tabletop].

* escáner de sobremesa = flatbed scanner [flat-bed scanner], flat-bed [flatbed].

* libro de sobremesa = coffee-table book.

* ordenador de sobremesa = desktop computer.

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femenino

a) (período)

se emitirá en la sobremesa — it will be shown in the afternoon slot

programación de sobremesa — afternoon viewing

b) (conversación) after-lunch/after-dinner conversation

estuvimos de sobremesa — we sat around the table chatting

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= after-tea, after-dinner.

Ex: Go into the average good home of the crust, in the quietude of 'after-tea' and you will see a youthful miss sitting over something by Charlotte M Yonge or Charles Kingsley.

Ex: Part of library legend is now a steel manufacturer's after-dinner statement that if a piece of research cost less than $100,000, it was cheaper to repeat it than to try to find out if it had already been done.

* de sobremesa = table-top [tabletop].

* escáner de sobremesa = flatbed scanner [flat-bed scanner], flat-bed [flatbed].

* libro de sobremesa = coffee-table book.

* ordenador de sobremesa = desktop computer.

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sobremesa

feminine

sobremesa (↑ sobremesa a1)

1

(período): esta serie se emitirá en la sobremesa de los jueves this series will be shown in the Thursday afternoon slot

programación de sobremesa afternoon viewing

2 (conversación) after-lunch/after-dinner conversation

hacer sobremesa to engage in after-lunch conversation

estuvimos de sobremesa hasta las seis we were sitting around the table chatting until six

CULTURAL NOTE

sobremesa

This is the time when people stay at the table after a meal, especially lunch, talking, drinking coffee, smoking, and having drinks. In television schedules, programación de sobremesa refers to afternoon viewing.

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sobremesa sustantivo femenino (conversación) after-lunch/after-dinner conversation;

◊ estuvimos de sobremesa we sat around the table chatting

sobremesa sustantivo femenino la sobremesa duró hasta las cinco, we were talking (round the table) after lunch until five o'clock
♦ Locuciones: de sobremesa: un ordenador de sobremesa, a desktop computer
un reloj de sobremesa, a table clock

'sobremesa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
comida
English:
table talk

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sobremesa nf

= time after midday meal, usually between three and five o'clock in the afternoon, when people stay at the table talking, playing cards etc;

quedarse de sobremesa to stay at the table [talking, playing cards etc];

la programación de sobremesa afternoon TV (programmes)

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sobremesa

f

:

de sobremesa afternoon atr

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sobremesa nf

: after-dinner conversation