coffee cake

pastel

el pastel de café

USAGE NOTE

This word may also be spelled “coffeecake.”

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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).

noun

1. (cake eaten with coffee)

Regionalism used in the United States

(United States)

a. pastel

Do you want some coffee cake with your coffee?¿Quieres un poco de pastel con el café?

I had a latte and a cinnamon coffee cake.Tomé un café con leche y un pastel con cobertura de canela.

2. (cake made with coffee)

a. el pastel de café

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

That coffee cake your mum made was really good.Ese pastel de café que hizo tu madre estaba riquísimo.

b. la torta de café

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

Regionalism used in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela

(South America)

This cafe's specialty is coffee cake.La especialidad de esta cafetería es la torta de café.

c. el bizcocho de café

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Regionalism used in Colombia

(Colombia)

Regionalism used in Puerto Rico

(Puerto Rico)

Do you prefer chocolate cake or coffee cake?¿Prefieres bizcocho de chocolate o bizcocho de café?

d. la tarta de café

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

Regionalism used in Spain

(Spain)

My sister made a coffee cake with nuts for my birthday.Mi hermana me hizo una tarta de café con nueces para mi cumpleaños.

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