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1 sobremesa
f.1 after-dinner talk, after-lunch conversation, after-dinner conversation, table talk.2 dessert, afters.* * *1 (período) afternoon2 (charla) table talk\estar de sobremesa to stay at the table and talk after a meallámpara de sobremesa table lamp* * *SF1) (=después de comer) sitting on after a mealestar de sobremesa — to sit round the table after lunch/dinner
programa de sobremesa — (TV) afternoon programme
un cigarro de sobremesa — an after-lunch/dinner cigar
hablaremos de eso en la sobremesa — we'll talk about that after lunch/dinner
2)3) (=mantel) table cover, tablecloth4) (=postre) dessertSOBREMESA After the main meal of the day, which usually takes place at around 2 or 3 p.m., the Spanish have traditionally lingered on at table drinking coffee and either chatting or watching TV before returning to work later in the afternoon. If they have more time, they may even have a liqueur or play cards. While estar de sobremesa is also occasionally applied to the period after the evening meal, it is more usually taken to mean after lunch, and the sobremesa time band used in TV programme listings applies only to between 2.00 and 5.00 p.m.* * *a) ( período)b) ( conversación) after-lunch/after-dinner conversation* * *= after-tea, after-dinner.Ex. Go into the average good home of the crust, in the quietude of ' after-tea' and you will see a youthful miss sitting over something by Charlotte M Yonge or Charles Kingsley.Ex. Part of library legend is now a steel manufacturer's after-dinner statement that if a piece of research cost less than $100,000, it was cheaper to repeat it than to try to find out if it had already been done.----* de sobremesa = table-top [tabletop].* escáner de sobremesa = flatbed scanner [flat-bed scanner], flat-bed [flatbed].* libro de sobremesa = coffee-table book.* ordenador de sobremesa = desktop computer.* * *a) ( período)b) ( conversación) after-lunch/after-dinner conversation* * *= after-tea, after-dinner.Ex: Go into the average good home of the crust, in the quietude of ' after-tea' and you will see a youthful miss sitting over something by Charlotte M Yonge or Charles Kingsley.
Ex: Part of library legend is now a steel manufacturer's after-dinner statement that if a piece of research cost less than $100,000, it was cheaper to repeat it than to try to find out if it had already been done.* de sobremesa = table-top [tabletop].* escáner de sobremesa = flatbed scanner [flat-bed scanner], flat-bed [flatbed].* libro de sobremesa = coffee-table book.* ordenador de sobremesa = desktop computer.* * *sobremesa (↑ sobremesa a1)1(período): esta serie se emitirá en la sobremesa de los jueves this series will be shown in the Thursday afternoon slotprogramación de sobremesa afternoon viewing2 (conversación) after-lunch/after-dinner conversationhacer sobremesa to engage in after-lunch conversationestuvimos de sobremesa hasta las seis we were sitting around the table chatting until sixThis is the time when people stay at the table after a meal, especially lunch, talking, drinking coffee, smoking, and having drinks. In television schedules, programación de sobremesa refers to afternoon viewing.* * *
sobremesa sustantivo femenino ( conversación) after-lunch/after-dinner conversation;
sobremesa sustantivo femenino la sobremesa duró hasta las cinco, we were talking (round the table) after lunch until five o'clock
♦ Locuciones: de sobremesa: un ordenador de sobremesa, a desktop computer
un reloj de sobremesa, a table clock
' sobremesa' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
comida
English:
table talk
* * *sobremesa nf= time after midday meal, usually between three and five o'clock in the afternoon, when people stay at the table talking, playing cards etc;quedarse de sobremesa to stay at the table [talking, playing cards etc];la programación de sobremesa afternoon TV (programmes)* * *f:de sobremesa afternoon atr* * *sobremesa nf: after-dinner conversation
См. также в других словарях:
sobremesa — ► sustantivo femenino 1 Tiempo que se permanece alrededor de la mesa después de haber comido para reposar y charlar. 2 Cubierta de tela u otro material, que se pone sobre la mesa. SINÓNIMO tapete FRASEOLOGÍA ► locución adjetivo/ adverbio de… … Enciclopedia Universal
