NOUN · SPANISH VOCABULARY

el café

coffee shop / café

First introduced in Chapter 1chapter overview.

How to use this word

Noun · Grammatical gender is masculine (el …).

Build your sentence around the noun’s gender and number: pick articles and adjectives that match. el café usually appears with a determiner such as un, una, el, la, or possessives, depending on context.

Example sentences

El café es importante.Learning what "coffee shop / café" means helps me follow the chapter dialogues we study in class.
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FAQ

What does el café mean in Spanish?
coffee shop / café (introduced in Chapter 1 in Chapurra).
How do you use el café in a sentence?
See the example cards above, then practice the chapter in Chapurra. Your textbook may add dialect notes your instructor prefers.
What chapter is el café in?
Chapurra introduces it in Chapter 1. Open the chapter overview for the full lesson path.

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