cafetería — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cafe noun A convenience store, originally one that sold coffee and similar basic items.
- cafeteria noun A self-service restaurant or dining hall where people select food at a counter and carry it to a table.
- diner noun A small, casual restaurant, often open long hours and serving simple, affordable food, historically styled like a railroad dining car.
Senses
cafetería is used for these senses in English:
- cafeteria (chiefly, US, Canada) A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.
- café A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.
- diner (US) A typically small restaurant, historically modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other.