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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesum café e conversa
Pronunciation / Transliteration: um ka-fe e kon-ver-sa
"Elas marcaram um café e conversa para colocar o papo em dia."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An informal social gathering for drinking coffee and chatting.
"The neighbors met every Tuesday morning for a friendly coffee-klatsch in the garden." - 2
A casual conversation or gossip session.
"Their brief greeting at the mailbox turned into a twenty-minute coffee-klatsch."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed into English in the late 19th century from the German Kaffee-klatsch, combining Kaffee (coffee) and Klatsch (gossip, chat, from the sound of pattering or idle chatter). It originally referred to an informal social gathering for drinking coffee and conversing, typically among women, before broadening to mean any casual chat.
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causerie autour d'un café
Transliteration: koh-ze-ree oo-toor dun ka-fay
"Elles ont organisé une petite causerie autour d'un café l'après-midi."
Kaffeeklatsch
Transliteration: Kaffee-klatsch
"Am Nachmittag trafen sie sich zu einem gemütlichen Kaffeeklatsch."
chiacchierata al caffè
Transliteration: kyak-ke-ra-ta al kaf-fe
"Il pomeriggio è iniziato con una piacevole chiacchierata al caffè."
tertulia de café
Transliteration: ter-tu-li-a de ka-fe
"Disfrutaron de una larga tertulia de café después de almorzar."
um café e conversa
Transliteration: um ka-fe e kon-ver-sa
"Elas marcaram um café e conversa para colocar o papo em dia."
कॉफ़ी गपशप
Transliteration: kofi gapshap
"पड़ोसियों ने शाम की कॉफ़ी गपशप के लिए मुलाकात की।"
咖啡闲聊会
Transliteration: kāfēi xiánliáohuì
"他们在周末举行了一场轻松的咖啡闲聊会。"
커피 타임 수다
Transliteration: keopi taim suda
"우리는 오후에 가벼운 커피 타임 수다를 가졌다."
コーヒーブレイクの雑談
Transliteration: kōfī bureiku no zatsudan
"彼女たちは午後ティーを飲みながらコーヒーブレイクの雑談を楽しんだ。"
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