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bar

café

noun BAHR Less Common

Origin: from English bar

Also means

bar

Usage Note

Bar is an invariable loanword and, crucially, an Italian bar is mainly a daytime café for coffee and pastries, not a nighttime drinking 'bar'. One bar or several bar look identical.

Examples

"Prendiamo un caffè al bar."

Natural Translation

Let's have a coffee at the café.

Literal Translation

We-take a coffee at-the café.

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