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plato - plate or dish
I've been wondering about the word 'plato' in Spanish. It means plate, but it is also used for dish. Now how can I express the meaning dish in spanish? A plate and a dish are 2 very different things.
Plate: Dish (or bowl):
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What you call a bowl is 'cuenca' or 'plato hondo' in Spanish, at least in Central America. A plate is 'plato', as you said, but 'to wash the dishes' is 'lavar los platos'. So, 'platos' is the catch-all word, equivalent to our word 'dishes'. I never heard any discrepancy in usage among the people of Central America. If they spoke of a 'plate', it was a 'plato'. If they spoke of a bowl, it was 'plato hondo' or 'cuenca'.
This may be different in other countries. |
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Ok thanks for the input. I've never heard of 'cuenca' before. Is it pretty common?
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I agree with Rusty.
But in Spain we call a bowl "tazón" or "cuenco" saludos |
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'Cuenco' and 'cuenca' are both very common. 'Plato hondo' is used less frequently.
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Awesome, THanks Guys!
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Plato hondo is actually pretty common in Mexico for dish/bowl. A bigger bowl or mixing bowl would be a tazón.
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for us "palto" is a "Plain dish" (for a steak) and "plato hondo" is a more deep dish (for eating soup, or other things). "Tazón", "cuenco", etc are bowls, for the cereals, for example
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Es bueno saberlo- Gracias. Un día espero poder visitar a España.
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