Today's WOTD is: "plato" = plate
In
Spanish, “plato”
is a masculine noun of Latin origin, which means plate.
The noun “plato”*
may also be used to refer to:
- In food preparation/ cooking, a dish
- In food/ serving, a course
- In food/ quantities a plateful/ a serving/ a helping
- In the clay pigeon shooting sport, target
*NB
Please note that the diminutive form “platillo”
is often used to refer to a saucer/ similar small dish. Please be
aware also that the Spanish word “plató”,
spelled with an accent on the last -o
and therefore pronounced differently, is an unrelated word of French
origin which is often used to refer to a film set/ TV studio.
Some
commonly used expressions with the word “plato”:
- Huevos al plato (eggs en cocotte/ baked eggs/ shirred eggs);
- No ser plato del gusto de alguien (to be someone or something disliked);
- Pagar los platos rotos (to carry the can);
- Plato combinado (combination/ combo dish);
- Plato de postre (dessert plate);
- Plato del día (dish of the day);
- Plato fuerte (main course/ starring act/ main attraction);
- Plato hondo (deep/ soup plate);
- Plato llano (flat plate/ platter);
- Plato sopero (soup/ deep plate);
- Primer plato (first course);
- Plato de la casa (hose speciality- dish);
- Rebañar el plato (to wipe the plate clean)
- Segundo plato (second course);
- Ser alguien plato de segunda mesa (to feel overlooked/ passed over);
- Ser plato del gusto de alguien (to be someone or something which is liked);
- Tiro al plato (clay pigeon shooting);
Some
examples of the use of the word "plato"
are:
- Los huevos al plato están riquísimos (the eggs en cocotte/ baked eggs/ shirred eggs are very nice);
- Se nota que tener que esperar no es plato de tu gusto (clearly you don't like having to wait);
- La culpa no fue de Pedró, pero él acabó pagando los platos rotos (it wasn't Pedro's fault, but he ended up carrying the can);
- Ese bar es famoso por sus platos combinados (that bar is renown for its combination/ combo dishes);
- Necesito comprar platos de postre (I need to buy dessert dishes/ plates);
- El plato del día está muy bien (the dish of the day is very nice);
- El plato de la casa está muy bien (the house speciality is very nice);
- El plato fuerte fue la actuación del ventrílocuo (the main attraction was the ventriloquist's performance);
- Necesito comprar platos hondos (I need to buy deep plates);
- Necesito comprar platos llanos (I need to buy flat plates/ platters);
- Necesito comprar platos soperos (I need to buy deep plates/ soup plates);
- El primer plato está muy bien (the first course is very nice);
- Mira si estaba rica la salsa que acabé rebañando el plato (as a sign of how nice the sauce was, I ended wiping the plate clean);
- El segundo plato está muy bien (the second course is very nice);
- A nadie le gusta ser plato de segunda mesa (nobody likes to feel ignored);
- Se nota que estudiar español es plato de tu gusto (clearly you like studying Spanish);
- Cerca de aquí hay un campo de tiro al plato (there is a shooting range clay target field in the vicinity);
*NB
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the link to hear the word pronounced.
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