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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.

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