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coffee cake

Spanish translation: pastel (o tarta o torta) de café

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English term or phrase:coffee cake
Spanish translation:pastel (o tarta o torta) de café
Entered by: Hazel Whiteley

22:07 Dec 13, 2001
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / cooking
English term or phrase: coffee cake
dessert
Vicky
pastel de café
Explanation:
none
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Hazel Whiteley
Local time: 04:36
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7pastel de café
Hazel Whiteley
5 +5tarta de café
MJ Barber
5 +2Torta de café
Irene Cudich
4 +2torta
Karina Fabrizzi
5 +1pastel para acompañar el café
O María Elena Guerrero
5pastel de café
Anne-Carine Zimmer
4torta de café
Aurora Humarán (X)


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
tarta de café


Explanation:
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Note added at 2001-12-14 07:32:27 (GMT)
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This is the word used in Spain. Check my colleagues comments for usage in other countries. MJ

MJ Barber
Spain
Local time: 05:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 26

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ariadna Castillo González
41 mins
  -> tx
agree  Hinara: in Mexico, "pastel" would be used but "tarta" or "torta" is used in other countries
42 mins
  -> yes, I understand usage differs from country to country, maybe I should have said so in my original reply. It is 'tarta' in Spain
agree  Fernando Muela Sopeña
1 hr
  -> tx
agree  Felipe Castillo Ruiz: I like Hilda's explanation
1 hr
  -> tx
agree  Elena Pérez
11 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
pastel de café


Explanation:
none

Hazel Whiteley
Local time: 04:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fernando Muela Sopeña
1 min
agree  mónica alfonso
14 mins
agree  Juan Kriete
20 mins
agree  Hinara: depending on the country, the word "torta" is also used for cake
35 mins
  -> I agree with that :)
agree  Ariadna Castillo González
36 mins
agree  Patricia Myers
1 hr
agree  Doris Fukuda
4 hrs
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Torta de café


Explanation:
Pastel or tarta would not be as specific as "torta" in Argentina.
Regards!

Irene Cudich
Local time: 00:36
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Monica Colangelo: Yes, ma'am. Tarta is a pie and torta is a cake
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Trixie
agree  Gabriela Tenenbaum (X): "Torta" goes for "cake" #:)
9 hrs
  -> Gracias, Gabriela
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
torta


Explanation:
Southamerican: torta o postre de café

Karina Fabrizzi
Argentina
Local time: 00:36
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leo van Zanten
19 mins
agree  Gabriela Tenenbaum (X): yep! #:))
9 hrs
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
pastel de café


Explanation:
Oxford Spanish dictionary + it can be found many times on yahoo.es with this meaning


    Reference: http://www.yahoo.es
Anne-Carine Zimmer
United States
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pastel para acompañar el café


Explanation:
I hope it helps.

O María Elena Guerrero
Spain
Local time: 05:36
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cristina Zavala: pastel o torta y no es de café sino que es para acompañar el café
8123 days
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7 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
torta de café


Explanation:
En realidad quería agregar "un cacho de cultura" como decía el famoso personaje de historietas Clemente.

En Argentina pie es tarta. Pensamos en un postre que está "destapado" con la gelatina, frutas, o el jamón y queso (en caso de ser salada) a la vista.

Cake nos lleva a pensar en torta que puede o no estar rellena pero,digamos que, en el caso de ser rellena, está "tapada". Y paro porque me dieron ganas de comer!!!!!1111

Aurora Humarán (X)
Argentina
Local time: 00:36
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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