Usage Note
Cenar means specifically to eat the evening meal. Spanish uses distinct verbs for each meal: desayunar (breakfast), almorzar/comer (lunch), merendar (afternoon snack), cenar (dinner). ¿Qué hay de cenar? ('What's for dinner?') is a very common household phrase.
Examples
"Cenamos juntos todos los viernes."
Natural Translation
We have dinner together every Friday.
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