noun · #176
coffee; café
Example: Un café con leche, por favor.
A white coffee, please.
Spanish → English
el café
el café is Spanish for coffee; café.
What el café means
How common is it?
el café is ranked #176 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It is in the everyday core of the language — common enough that it is worth knowing cold before you move on to specialist vocabulary.
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Words with a similar frequency to el café — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
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