Spanish Conversation · Level 5
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Spanish word
cafetera
Pronunciation
IPA/kafeˈteɾa/
Meaning
- feminine nouncoffee machine
Example
¿Puedes encender la cafetera, por favor?
Can you turn on the coffee machine, please?
More examples
Necesito limpiar la cafetera.
I need to clean the coffee machine.
Core concept
Kitchen coffee maker with a glass carafe kept warm on a warming plate.
Common phrases
limpiar la cafetera
clean the coffee machine
preparar café en la cafetera
make coffee in the coffee machine
Similar words
máquina de café: Electric machine that brews coffee from beans or grounds for home or restaurant use.
cafetera de cápsulas: Single-serve capsule brewer that makes one cup from a capsule at the press of a button.
cafetera de goteo: Electric drip brewer that slowly extracts coffee as water passes through grounds into a carafe.
Definition in Spanish
Aparato que sirve para preparar café y, en muchos modelos, conservarlo caliente tras la extracción.
Word origin
From café 'coffee' plus the instrument suffix -era, which forms nouns for devices or containers, so cafetera literally denotes a tool for coffee.
Usage tips
- Spanish uses la cafetera for the appliance and un café for the drink, so the terms are not interchangeable.