A few words I do not understand?

Question

Some words I do not understand in Spanish

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un cortado

bocadillo de jamon serrano

un trozo de tarta de chocolate

Answer 1

"un cortado" it is said when you ask for a cup of coffee. It consists on a small cup of coffe with some milk (not much indeed, only a little pour). In somewhere it is called "manchado" too.

"bocadillo" it is a snack made of a piece of bread divided into two sides along the middle in which ham is extended.

"serrano" is highland, mountain

then "bocadillo de jamon serrano":highland ham snack

"un trozo de tarta de chocolate" it is said "a piece of chocolate pie"

Answer 2

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Answer 3

"un cortado" can mean a variety of things in conversation. Its literal meaning is "a short one, a brief one, an abbreviated one, a cut one."

Answer 4

1 I don't know. we don't use that word in Mexico

2 A snack of serrano ham

3 a slice of chocolate cake

Answer 5

I covered this in a Spanish lesson a few weeks ago. Apparently un cortado is a term used in Spain for a coffee 'with a dash of milk'. Although I must admit I hadn't heard the expression before.

Answer 6

1. 'Cortado'

'Cortado' has a few meanings in Spanish: It could be (a) a cup of coffee with some milk or (b) a slice of something, usually bread.

2. 'Bocadillo de jamón serrano'

A 'bocadillo' is either a snack or a sandwich. 'Jamón serrano' is salted ham that has been cured by drying, normally sliced paper-thin for serving, and the specific word to translate it is 'prosciutto', which is pronounced  / pro-SHOO-to /. So, 'bocadillo de jamón serrano' can be translated as 'prosciutto sandwich'.

3. 'Trozo de tarta de chocolate'

A piece (or slice) of chocolate cake.