Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sobremesa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: so-breme-sa
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Time spent at the table after eating; the habit of relaxing at the table after a heavy meal.

Example Sentences

"A lackadaisical attitude to time explains the sobremesa—the time after lunch when everyone has finished eating but no-one wants to get up and leave. Sitting around the table chatting and drinking coffee or brandy or patxarán^([sic]) (a sloe liqueur from the Basque country) is the solution."
"The figure presiding continues in this function during the sobremesa, that is, the time spent lingering and chatting after the meal. It's perhaps significant that in English there is no specific word for sobremesa."
"And then I’d realize I was still missing everything about what once made me love food: the people who create it and the “sobremesa” — the limitless chat after desserts, the reluctance to leave the table, the delight in shared experience."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Spanish sobre- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Italic *mētis Latin metior Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin mēnsusnom. Classical Latin mēnsa Late Latin mēsa Old Spanish mesa Spanish mesa Spanish sobremesabor. English sobremesa Borrowed from Spanish sobremesa.

Inflected Forms

sobremesas (plural)

Questions

What does sobremesa mean?: Time spent at the table after eating; the habit of relaxing at the table after a heavy meal.
Where does sobremesa come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Spanish sobre- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Italic *mētis Latin metior Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin mēnsusnom. Classical Latin mēnsa Late Latin mēsa Old Spanish mesa Spanish mesa Spanish sobremesabor. English sobremesa Borrowed from Spanish sobremesa.

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