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comedor

dining room

noun koh-meh-DOHR Rare

Also means

canteen

Usage Note

Comedor refers to both the dining room in a home and an institutional canteen or cafeteria (comedor escolar = school canteen). It derives from comer (to eat) + the agentive suffix -dor. In smaller Spanish flats, the salón-comedor (living-dining room) is a single open space.

Examples

"Cenamos juntos en el comedor cada noche."

Natural Translation

We have dinner together in the dining room every night.

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