coffee

café

Bebida oscura preparada con granos tostados, que suele servirse caliente y puede llevar leche o azúcar.

En inglés sencillo: A dark drink made from roasted beans, often served hot with milk or sugar.

• I drink coffee every morning.
• Would you like milk in your coffee?
• The coffee was too hot to drink.

Expresiones frecuentes: black coffee, cup of coffee, drink coffee, strong coffee

café

Granos tostados, enteros o molidos, usados para preparar la bebida de café.

En inglés sencillo: Roasted beans, whole or ground into small pieces, used to make a dark drink.

• We need a bag of ground coffee.
• He grinds his coffee every morning.
• Keep the coffee in a sealed container.

Expresiones frecuentes: ground coffee, coffee beans, roasted coffee, bag of coffee

café

Una taza o una porción de la bebida de café.

En inglés sencillo: One cup or serving of a dark drink made from roasted beans.

• Two coffees, please.
• I ordered a coffee while I waited.
• Shall we have another coffee before leaving?

Expresiones frecuentes: order a coffee, large coffee, another coffee

hora del café

Parte final de una comida, cuando se toma café.

En inglés sencillo: The last part of a meal, when people drink a hot drink made from roasted beans.

• We stayed for coffee after dinner.
• Several guests left before coffee was served.
• At coffee, the conversation turned to their holiday plans.

Expresiones frecuentes: stay for coffee, leave before coffee, over coffee

café claro

Color marrón claro parecido al del café con leche.

En inglés sencillo: A light brown colour like the drink when milk has been added.

• The carpet is a pale coffee.
• She chose coffee for the walls and cream for the ceiling.
• The curtains come in shades of coffee and gold.

Sinónimos: light brown

Expresiones frecuentes: pale coffee, coffee and cream, shade of coffee