Adjective Placement: "Pretty coffee cup"

Question

Hi,

I have a question about adjective placement. I want to say "pretty coffee cup."

Does the word "pretty" go after "taza" or "café?"

Ex:

Taza bonita de café

o

Taza de café bonita

Alternatively, is there a one-word translation for "coffee cup" or "coffee mug?"

Thank you!

Oops... sloppy copy and pasting after "thank you!" How do I edit that? - Netjert, Nov 16, 2011

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Thanks! - Netjert, Nov 16, 2011

Answer 1

bonita taza de café

Answer 2

¡Hola!, Netjertr:

I did an internet search and what I found was that as you have said, a cup of coffee, in Spanish" is "taza de cafe". I also found very many references to a mug as "tazón" and especially to a mug of coffee as "tazón de cafe".

You may want to conduct your own search before acting on this information>

Muchos saludos/Best regards,

Moe

Answer 3

I would say: Taza de café bonita It sounds better this way

I looked up coffee cup in my Oxford Spanish Dictionary (3rd edition) and it also gives coffee cup as taza de café.

There may be another more colloquial way to say coffee cup which a native speaker or a serious student of Spanish living in Spain/Mexico/South America would know

I hope this helps

Thanks! - Netjert, Nov 16, 2011