cafetería
Spanish, noun/kafeteˈɾia/
cafetería is spelled C-A-F-E-T-E-R-Í-A (9 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,627th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cafetería is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “café, coffee shop, coffeehouse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Establecimiento gastronómico destinado al despacho de bebidas y alimentos ligeros”.
What does cafetería mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecafé, coffee shop, coffeehouse
- 2
femininecafeteria
- 3
Mexicofemininediner
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Establecimiento gastronómico destinado al despacho de bebidas y alimentos ligeros. 2. Restaurante de autoservicio.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cafetería
- cafeterías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cafetería?
- /kafeteˈɾia/
- [ka.fe.t̪eˈɾi.a]
- [kafet̪eˈɾia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cafetería
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cafetería in Spanish?
cafetería appears 5.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).