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Old July 18, 2009, 05:29 PM
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cena (feminine noun (la)) — dinner, supper. Look up cena in the dictionary

Tuvimos una cena en honra de mi padre.
We held a dinner in honor of my father.
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Old July 18, 2009, 07:40 PM
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cena (feminine noun (la)) — dinner, supper. Look up cena in the dictionary

Tuvimos una cena en honra de mi padre.
We held a dinner in honor of my father.
Es "cena" aceptable para la palabra "food"?

O solo para "dinner/supper" explicitamente?
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Old July 18, 2009, 09:23 PM
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Es "cena" aceptable para la palabra "food"?

O solo para "dinner/supper" explicitamente?
Comida significa food (del verbo comer)
Cena significa dinner (del verbo cenar)

entonces no eso es lo que aprendí

Esta noche la cena me queda sentirse marea
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Old July 18, 2009, 11:44 PM
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Es "cena" aceptable para la palabra "food"?

O solo para "dinner/supper" explicitamente?

It's curious... It's not the first time I see that question, but unless it's a regional meaning, "cena" is invariable specific for the last meal of the day.

"Food" can be "comida" or "alimento(s)".
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It's curious... It's not the first time I have seen that question, but unless it's a regional meaning, "cena" is invariable specific for the last meal of the day.

"Food" can be "comida" or "alimento(s)".
corrección penqueña - (I have seen)

creo que esa palabra es común porque en inglés no hay verbos como desayunar/cenar/almorzar y la gente mezclan estes verbos con comer
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Bob is right:

desayuno - breakfast
almuerzo - brunch, lunch (in Mexico this is an early lunch at about 10 or 11am)
comida - lunch, dinner (middle meal of the day, about 2pm in Mexico)
cena - dinner, supper (evening meal)

comida is also the generic word for food.
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Bob is right:

desayuno - breakfast
almuerzo - brunch, lunch (in Mexico this is an early lunch at about 10 or 11am)
comida - lunch, dinner (middle meal of the day, about 2pm in Mexico)
cena - dinner, supper (evening meal)

comida is also the generic word for food.
buena información

Si quiere saber hay algunos verbos por cada comida (each meal)
desayunar = eat breakfast
almorzar = eat lunch / brunch
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Y merienda como se diría ?
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Thank you, Bob... In Spanish I would have said "no es la primera vez que veo esa pregunta".
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Thank you, Bob... In Spanish I would have said "no es la primera vez que veo esa pregunta".
de nada. En inglés usamos el tiempo pasado más que español. A veces lo me queda confundido

Se podría decir también, "vi/he visto esa pregunta muchas veces". ¿O es el pretérito incorrecto aquí?

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