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el plato del día

nounElementary

What does “el plato del día” mean in English?

  1. dish of the day

Example sentences

  • El plato del día es pescado.

    The dish of the day is fish.

  • Quiero el plato del día.

    I want the dish of the day.

How to use it

El plato del día means 'the dish of the day'. It is a restaurant/menu chunk used when asking about today's special.

Common mistake

Plato can mean plate or dish. In el plato del día it means the meal/dish offered today, not the physical plate.

Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows Plan Curricular del Instituto Cervantes (Instituto Cervantes), a1-a2-batch-001.