Today's
WOTD is: "mantel" = tablecloth
In
Spanish, “mantel”
is a masculine noun of Latin origin, which means tablecloth.
A
related Spanish noun is “mantelería”,
which may be used to refer to table
linens.
Some
commonly used expressions with the word “mantel”/
“mantelería” are:
- Compartir mesa y mantel con alguien (to sit with someone at the dinner table/ include someone in one's circle of close friends);
- Día de manteles largos (a special celebration banquet day- some parts of Latin America);
- Estar de mantel largo (to have guests for dinner- some parts of Latin America);
- Estar de manteles largos (to have guests for dinner- some parts of Latin America);
- Mantelería de diario (ordinary table linens);
- Mantelería de gala (gala table linen);
Some
examples of the use of the word "mantel"
or related words are:
- ¿Acaso he compartido mesa y mantel con Pedro alguna vez para que me tutee? (have I ever treated Pedro as a close friend for him to be in first name terms with me?);
- Hoy es día de manteles largos (today we are having a party/ banquet);
- Hoy estamos de mantel largo (today we are having a party/ banquet);
- Hoy estamos de manteles largos (today we are having a party/ banquet);
- En el día a día se usa la mantelería de diario (the ordinary table linens are used day to day);
- Para fiestas existe una mantelería de gala (there is gala table linen for special celebrations);
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "mantel"
in
the YouTube clip: Nunca laves el mantel- Aldo Monges.wmv
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “mantel”
in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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