una greca para colar café

00:12 Nov 7, 2007

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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: una greca para colar café

Hi again:

El contexto:

La suya es una buena madre "porque trabaja todos los días" y Siano le ha traído como regalo una greca para colar café porque hoy es el día de la madre.

Thanks in advance,

Pilar

phortelano KudoZ activity Questions: 539 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 3
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Summary of answers provided

5 +3

coffee machine/maker/percolator

Terry Burgess

5 +2

espresso pot

Janine Libbey

4 +1

stove-top espresso coffee-maker

Carmen Schultz

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

25 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

espresso pot

Explanation:
Fool-Proof Expresso Maker (Greca)

This expresso coffee pot makes 6 cups of the best coffee you will ever taste! Perfect for those in storm prone areas, as it does not require electricity (though your stove might!).

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Note added at 31 mins (2007-11-07 00:44:35 GMT)
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Espresso pots (aluminum stove top) are always called "grecas" in Puerto Rico

Reference: http://www.islaonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=1315INM

Janine Libbey
United States
Local time: 20:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

coffee machine/maker/percolator

Explanation:
HTH:-)

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Note added at 6 mins (2007-11-07 00:19:09 GMT)
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Véase:
In modern, urban Dominican homes, "colar café" endures as the expression meaning "to make coffee", even if you are using the ubiquitous greca, the aluminum ...
http://www.dr1.com/articles/coffee_1.shtml

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Note added at 42 mins (2007-11-07 00:55:04 GMT)
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Aquí pongo la definición [en inglés] del Mirriam-Webster's para "percolator":

per·co·la·tor (pûrÆkÃ l!ÅtÃr), n.
1. a kind of coffeepot in which boiling water in a repeated process is forced up a hollow stem, filters down through ground coffee in a sievelike container, and returns to the pot below.
2. something that percolates.
[1835–45; PERCOLATE + -OR2]

Terry Burgess
Mexico
Local time: 19:57
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

teju: It's not a machine, it's the old-fashioned metal percolator. Saludos :)

15 mins

-> Old fashioned...just like me! Thanks, teju..y muchos saludos:-))

neutral

Juan Jacob: Con teju: no es una máquina, es un simple filtro de los antigüitos. Entiendo, entiendo: pero dice "colar"... se colaba café casi casi con un calcetín. Jeje. Saludos.

24 mins

-> Hola, Juan! 'Tá bien...pero puse varias opciones y "máquina" fue solo una de ellas. Checa la definición de "percolator", a ver si te gusta:-)) Saludos, Juan:-))

agree

bigedsenior: Your coffee is perking. They are old fashioned all right. But I remember them made with an upper and lower glass pot. The big name was Silex. Of course that was long before Mr. Coffee.

5 hrs

-> Thank you, bigedsenior:-) Boy have you taken me back a few years!! Saludos:-)

agree

Sandra Holt: Yes, I'd opt for "percolator" see Cambridge's description: percolator noun [C] a device for making coffee in which hot water passes through crushed coffee beans into a container below.

6 hrs

-> Thanks, Sandra, and appreciate the tip too:-))

29 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

stove-top espresso coffee-maker

Explanation:
It's NOT an electric or fancy espresso machine -- instead, it refers to the rudimentary stove-top espresso coffee-maker that is very affordable.

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St. George's Orthodox Church & Affiliated Ministries St. George's ...1 Small Pot Espresso Coffee (Spanish-style coffee maker, for on the burner) ... Put water into the bottom of the stove-top espresso maker (a “greca”). ...
www.stgeorgepantry.org/beverages.html - 75k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 33 mins (2007-11-07 00:46:17 GMT)
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Halfvalue - Cheap Cafetera , magic and combi items on Halfvalue.comPaperback 2007. Cafetera De Aluminio / Greca Aluminum Coffee Maker ... Looking for a saeco espresso machines, a saeco espresso maker, or a saeco espresso ...
www.halfvalue.com/cafetera/search.html - 59k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 6 hrs (2007-11-07 07:10:33 GMT)
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"...Put water into the bottom of the stove-top espresso maker (a “greca”). These are inexpensive and can be purchased at almost any Mexican or Latino Grocery store. Add espresso roasted coffee. Prepare the coffee, which steams upward into the top of the coffee maker..."

Carmen Schultz
Local time: 20:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 19

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