café descafeinado
/kafe deskafeinado/from spelling rules
Decaf coffee in Spanish is café descafeinado.
The phrase is used to refer to coffee that has had most of the caffeine removed.
What does it mean word for word?
The word descafeinado is the past participle of the verb descafeinar, which means 'to decaffeinate'.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Mexico and some Central American countries, it is common to use both café descafeinado and café sin cafeína.
How does it change in a sentence?
The adjective descafeinado must follow the noun café and it must agree with the noun in both gender and number.
Did you know?
- The word café in Spanish shares a common ancestor with the Arabic word qahwa, which originally referred to a type of wine.
- The word café in Spanish refers to both the drink and the bean, but also serves as the name for the brown color itself.
- In some Latin American countries, ordering a café descafeinado might be met with surprise as caffeine is often seen as the primary purpose of the drink.
Examples in context
- El café descafeinado no sabe a nada.Decaf coffee doesn't taste like anything.This sentence is useful for expressing that café descafeinado has no flavor.Tatoeba #1021912 by Shishir, translation #10017140 by DJ_Saidez
- Me gustaría un café descafeinado, por favor.I would like a decaf coffee, please.
- ¿Tienes café sin cafeína?Do you have decaf coffee?
- Quiero un café descafeinado, por favor.I want a decaf coffee, please.
- Ella solo bebe café descafeinado por la noche.She only drinks decaf coffee at night.
Example conversation
Mateo and Lucía are at a cafe.
- MateoLucía, ¿quieres un café normal?Lucía, do you want a regular coffee?
- LucíaNo, prefiero un café descafeinado.No, I prefer a decaf coffee.
- MateoEstá bien, pediré uno para ti.All right, I will order one for you.
- LucíaMuchas gracias, Mateo.Thank you very much, Mateo.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries café, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
