cafetería

/kafeteˈɾia/ · B1 · noun · f

café, coffee shop, coffeehouse

☕ café + -tería, the place suffix: the place where café is served

English got cafeteria from this Spanish word. -ería marks a shop, as in panadería (bakery) and frutería (fruit shop). In Spain a cafetería is a café or coffee bar, not a self-service canteen.

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