café

adj.

brown.

m.

1 coffee.

2 coffee shop, coffeehouse, café, coffee-bar.

3 cup of coffee.

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café

► nombre masculino

1 (gen) coffee

■ ¿te apetece un café? do you fancy a coffee?, do you fancy a cup of coffee?

2 (cafetería) café, coffee bar, coffee shop

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FRASEOLOGÍA

café americano large black coffee

café con leche white coffee

café molido ground coffee

café solo black coffee

café soluble instant coffee

café torrefacto high-roast coffee

grano de café coffee bean

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noun m.

1) coffee

2) coffee shop

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SM

1) (Bot) (=bebida) coffee

café café — real coffee, coffee that really is coffee

café americano — large black coffee

café cerrero — And strong black coffee

café completo — Cono Sur continental breakfast

café con leche — white coffee, coffee with milk, coffee with cream (EEUU); (=homosexual) ** queer **, fag (EEUU) **

café cortado — coffee with a dash of milk

café descafeinado — decaffeinated coffee

café en grano — coffee beans pl

café exprés — expresso coffee

café helado — iced coffee

café instantáneo — instant coffee

café irlandés — Irish coffee

café molido — ground coffee

café negro — (small) black coffee

café pintado And —

café quemado — Caribe coffee with a drop of milk

café solo — black coffee

café soluble — instant coffee

café tinto — LAm black coffee

café torrefacto — roasted coffee

café tostado — roasted coffee

2) (=cafetería) café, coffee shop

café cantante — café with entertainment

3) Cono Sur * (=reprimenda) ticking-off *

4)

mal café * —

estar de mal café — to be in a bad mood; CAm to be out of sorts

tener mal café — (=genio) to have a nasty temper; (=intenciones) to have evil intentions

5)

color café — brown

café avellana — [como adj] nut-brown

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I

adjetivo (gen inv)

a) (marrón claro) <color> coffee (before n); <vestido/zapato> coffee-colored*

b) (AmC, Chi, Méx) (marrón) brown

ojos café(s) — brown eyes

II

masculino

1) (cultivo, bebida) coffee

me sirvió un café — he gave me some o a cup of coffee, he gave me a coffee (BrE)

- café americano

- café cerrero

- café con leche

- café cortado

- café descafeinado

- café en grano

- café expreso or solo

- café instantáneo o soluble

- café molido

- café natural/torrefacto

- café negro or puro or tinto

2) (cafetería) café

- café bar

- café concert or concierto

- café teatro

3)

a)

(de) color café — coffee-colored*

b) (AmC, Chi, Méx) (marrón) brown

4) (RPl fam) (regañina) telling-off

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I

adjetivo (gen inv)

a) (marrón claro) <color> coffee (before n); <vestido/zapato> coffee-colored*

b) (AmC, Chi, Méx) (marrón) brown

ojos café(s) — brown eyes

II

masculino

1) (cultivo, bebida) coffee

me sirvió un café — he gave me some o a cup of coffee, he gave me a coffee (BrE)

- café americano

- café cerrero

- café con leche

- café cortado

- café descafeinado

- café en grano

- café expreso or solo

- café instantáneo o soluble

- café molido

- café natural/torrefacto

- café negro or puro or tinto

2) (cafetería) café

- café bar

- café concert or concierto

- café teatro

3)

a)

(de) color café — coffee-colored*

b) (AmC, Chi, Méx) (marrón) brown

4) (RPl fam) (regañina) telling-off

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café¹

¹ = coffee.

Ex: You have specified beverages but no the particular beverage in question, coffee.

* a la hora del café = at coffee.

* café descafeinado = decaffeinated coffee.

* café exprés = espresso.

* café expreso = espresso.

* café instantáneo = instant coffee.

* café molido = ground coffee.

* cafetera llena de café = pot of coffee.

* café torrefacto = roasted coffee.

* café tostado = roasted coffee.

* grano de café = coffee bean.

* jarro para el café = coffee mug.

* juego de café = coffee set.

* marrón café = coffee-brown.

* molinillo de café = coffee grinder.

* otra taza de té o café = refill [re-fill].

* puesto de café y comida = coffee and lunch corner.

* reunión para tomar café = coffee party.

* taza de café = cup of coffee.

* taza para el café = coffee cup.

* tueste de café = coffee roasting.

café²

² = cafe, coffee house [coffee-house/coffeehouse], coffee bar.

Ex: The 1st phase of a cultural centre, with library, art gallery, swimming pool, cafe and day centre for the elderly, was opened in Sept 87.

Ex: As one librarian summarized, 'people are not into the stuffed looking, dingy, dust smelling type of libraries anymore ... they expect atmospheres more like coffeehouses or nice bookstores'.

Ex: Buildings converted to libraries include mansions, stores, gas stations, coffee bars, fire stations, post offices and chapels.

* cibercafé = Internet café, cybercafe [cyber-cafe].

* consumo de café = coffee consumption.

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café¹

adjective

(gen inv) [Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

1 (marrón claro) ‹color› coffee (before n); ‹vestido/zapato› coffee-colored*

2 (AmC, Chi, Méx) (marrón) brown

ojos café or cafés brown eyes

café²

masculine

café con leche (↑ café a1)

A (cultivo, bebida) coffee

me sirvió un café he gave me some o a cup of coffee, he gave me a coffee (BrE)

granos de café coffee beans

Compuestos:

● café americano

large black coffee

● café cerrero

(Col) large strong black coffee

● café con leche

regular coffee (AmE), white coffee (BrE)

● café cortado

coffee with a dash of milk

● café descafeinado

decaffeinated coffee

● café en grano

coffee beans (pl)

● café exprés or expreso

espresso

● café instantáneo

instant coffee

● café irlandés

Irish coffee

● café mezcla

medium roast coffee

● café molido

ground coffee

● café natural

light roast coffee

● café negro

(AmL) espresso

● café puro

(Chi) black coffee

● café solo

black coffee

● café soluble

instant coffee

● café tinto

(Col, Ven) black coffee

● café torrado

(RPl) roasted coffee

● café torrefacto

high roast coffee

● café turco

Turkish coffee

● café vienés

Viennese coffee

B (cafetería) café

Compuestos:

● café bar

café

● café cantante

café (with live music)

● café concert or concierto

café (with live music)

● café teatro

≈ dinner theater (in US), ≈ pub theatre (in UK)

C [Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ]

1

(de) color café coffee-colored*

2 (AmC, Chi, Méx) (marrón) brown

D (RPI fam) (regañina) telling-off, ticking-off (BrE colloq)

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café adjetivo (gen inv) (AmC, Chi, Méx) (marrón) brown;

◊ ojos café(s) brown eyes

■ sustantivo masculino
1 (cultivo, bebida) coffee;

◊ me sirvió un café he gave me a cup of coffee, he gave me a coffee (BrE);

café cerrero (Col) large strong black coffee;
café con leche (bebida) regular coffee (AmE), white coffee (BrE);
café cortado coffee with a dash of milk;
café expreso espresso;
café instantáneo o soluble instant coffee;
café natural/torrefacto light roast/high roast coffee;
café negro (AmL) or (Chi) puro or (Col) tinto or (Esp) solo black coffee
2 (cafetería) café;

◊ café bar café

3 (AmC, Chi, Méx) (marrón) brown
café sustantivo masculino
1 (bebida, planta) coffee
café con leche/solo, white/black coffee
café descafeinado, decaffeinated coffee, decaf
café en grano, coffee beans
café molido, ground coffee
café torrefacto, high roast coffee
2 (establecimiento) café
café cantante, cabaret
café concierto, café with live music
♦ Locuciones: mal café, (mal humor) foul temper: hoy estoy de muy mal café, I'm in an awful mood today
tiene muy mal café, he's downright nasty
'café' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
achicharrarse
- apostar
- buena
- bueno
- cafetera
- cafetería
- capuchino
- cargada
- cargado
- colmada
- colmado
- confitería
- convecina
- convecino
- cuchara
- cucharilla
- encima
- escrupulosa
- escrupuloso
- extracto
- ir
- fuerte
- grano
- instantánea
- instantáneo
- liofilizar
- mojar
- molinillo
- murmullo
- ordinaria
- ordinario
- paquete
- pergeñar
- servicio
- soluble
- taza
- terraza
- tinto
- torrefacta
- torrefacto
- tostar
- tostada
- tostado
- tostadura
- turca
- turco
- acabar
- aguado
- aroma
- asentar
English:
admit
- all-night
- bean
- black
- brew
- coffee
- coffee bean
- coffee break
- coffee cup
- coffee grinder
- coffee house
- coffee table
- cold
- espresso
- fancy
- filter coffee
- fix
- freeze-dried
- friendly
- get
- grind
- grinder
- ground
- how
- instant
- Irish coffee
- lace
- like
- make
- milky
- mill
- monotony
- mug
- or
- politely
- roast
- sip
- slot machine
- some
- spoon
- stir
- strong
- to
- weak
- what
- white
- will
- would
- all
- any

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café

♦ nm

1. [bebida] coffee;

¿quieres un café? would you like a (cup of) coffee?

Comp

café americano large black coffee;

café cortado = coffee with a dash of milk;

café exprés expresso;

café expreso expresso;

café de filtro filter coffee;

café instantáneo instant coffee;

café irlandés Irish coffee;

café con leche coffee with milk or cream, Br white coffee;

café molido ground coffee;

Am café negro black coffee; Méx café de olla = coffee boiled with cinnamon and raw sugar; Andes café perfumado coffee with alcohol; Esp café solo expresso;

café soluble instant coffee;

Andes, Ven café tinto black coffee; RP café torrado high-roast coffee;

café torrefacto high-roast coffee;

café turco Turkish coffee;

café vienés = coffee topped with whipped cream

2. [cultivo] coffee;

una plantación de café a coffee plantation

3. [establecimiento] café, coffee shop

Comp

café bar = café where alcohol is also sold;

4. Fam [humor, genio]

tener mal café to be bad-tempered;

estar de mal café to be in a bad mood

5. RP Fam [rezongo] telling-off

♦ adj inv

[color] coffee-coloured; Am [marrón] brown

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café

m

1 coffee

2 (bar) café

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café adj

: brown

ojos cafés: brown eyes

café nm

1) : coffee

2) : café

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café n

1. (bebida) coffee

me encanta el café I love coffee

2. (cafetería) cafe

quedemos en el café de la esquina let's meet in the cafe on the corner

café con leche white coffee / milky coffee

café solo small black coffee