Today's WOTD is: "comedor" = dining room
In
Spanish, “comedor”
is a masculine noun of Latin origin which means dining
room.
The
noun ”comedor”
may also be used to refer to public dining areas such as:
- A refectory or dining hall in a college or similar;
- A canteen or cafeteria in a factory or similar;
In
addition, the noun “comedor” may also be used to refer to
a suite of dining room furniture.
In
Spanish, the word “comedor” may also be used as the
masculine form of a describing word/ adjective meaning someone who
eats a lot, that is a big eater. The feminine form of the
adjective “comedor” is “comedora”.
Some
commonly used expressions with the word “comedor”
are:
- Auxiliar de comedor (dining room assistant);
- Beca de comedor (school meal allowance);
- Buen comedor (good eater/ big eater);
- Cocina comedor (kitchenette/ eat in kitchen/ kitchen-dining room);
- Mal comedor (poor eater/ picky eater);
- Mesa comedor (dining table/ dinner table);
- Muy comedor (big eater);
- Sala comedor (dining room);
- Salón comedor (dining room);
Some
examples of the use of the word "comedor"
are:
- Se necesita auxiliar de comedor (dining room assistant required);
- Se acabaron las becas de comedor (no more school meal allowances are available);
- Son todos buenos comedores (they are all big eaters);
- En casa tenemos cocina comedor (at home we have a kitchenette);
- Pedro es muy mal comedor (Pedro is a picky eater);
- Esa mesa comedor es muy bonita (that dining table is very nice);
- Son todos muy comedores (they are all big eaters);
- Por favor, pasen a la sala comedor (please go to the dining room);
- Por favor, pasen al salón comedor (please go to the dining room);
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "comedor"
in
the YouTube clip: Atraiga la fortuna armonizando el comedor
For
more on the word "comedor",
visit: Wordreference.com/es/ Comedor
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “comedor”
in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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