What do you call the little stamper that they serve with coca-cola?

What do you call the little stamper that they serve with coca-cola?
 

What is the Spanish name for the little "stamper" that you sometimes get when you order coca-cola with a slice of lemon? I have included a picture of it, so people will know what I am talking about.

Thanks in advance!

Manuel

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In Mexico it's called "agitador (de bebidas)".

Aaaah,ok, thanks a lot!

My dictionary translates "agitador" as a "stirrer". So I thought that just referred to those litte sticks but without the flat part at the bottom that you can use to crush ice with.

I didn't know what that was for. From your picture, I just thought about something to stir the beverage (usually cocktails or prepared drinks).
:thinking: I assume it should be called the same, although there might be a different word for it which I don't know. Here, Coca-cola and all drinks with ice are just served with a plastic drinking straw.

Actually I said it's for crushing ice, but that's not true. It's for pushing on the slice of lemon they sometimes serve with coca-cola here, so that it adds some lemon flavor to the cola.

So "agitar" means "to stir" when it comes to liquids? Because my dictionary translates "to stir" as "revolver".

I guess it depends on the motion you make with the stick. :D
"Revolver" is gentler than "agitar". :)

I see! It's THESE kinds of subtleties that I always miss in dictionaries. Now, if someone would just write a new dictionary explaining all the subtle differences with the alternative translations....(I guess it would have thousands of pages then, unfortunately. But if they ever make one in digital form I would gladly pay top money for it!)

My solution is to check the Spanish-Spanish dictionary after I have found the word in the bilingual one. It's time-consuming, but in the long run I'm able to acquire much more vocabulary, examples and use of language, and to be certain of what word I'm using for what. :)

It's called a swizzle stick in English, and my dictionary gives

swizzle stick noun agitador masculine, bastoncito masculine para cóctel

Thank you, Perikles. :)


You can simply check the Spanish dictionary for the definitions of the words you get from your bilingual one and then you'll make sure you're saying what you mean. :)

Perikles's suggest of "swizzle stick" is also good in the US, too, although some people might also call it a "stirrir".