posos de café
/posos de kafe/from spelling rules
The English phrase "coffee grounds" is translated into Spanish as posos de café.
posos de café refers to the sediment.
Meaning: sediment (noun)
Did you know?
- In some Spanish-speaking cultures, there is a traditional superstition called leer los posos where people attempt to tell a person's future by interpreting the patterns left by the posos de café.
- The word café entered the Spanish language via French or Italian, which had borrowed it from the Ottoman Turkish kahve and the Arabic qahwa.
- In Spain, the word posos can also be used metaphorically to describe the 'dregs' or the worst, most exhausted part of a person or a situation.
Examples in context
- Marta siempre guarda los restos de café en polvo para utilizarlos como abono.Marta always keeps the leftover coffee grounds to use them as fertilizer.
- Vamos a necesitar un molinillo para obtener café molido para la cafetera.We'll need a grinder to get coffee grounds for the coffee maker.
- Hay que tirar los posos de café.The coffee grounds must be thrown away.
- Usa los posos de café para las plantas.Use the coffee grounds for the plants.
- No quiero los posos de café en mi taza.I don't want the coffee grounds in my cup.
Example conversation
In the kitchen after making breakfast.
- Sofía¿Dónde están los posos de café?Where are the coffee grounds?
- JavierEstán en el fregadero, Sofía.They are in the sink, Sofía.
- SofíaGracias, Javier, los usaré para el jardín.Thanks, Javier, I will use them for the garden.
- JavierPerfecto, es una buena idea.Perfect, that is a good idea.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries café, de, CC BY-SA 4.0.
