Snack food / sweets (Colombia) in Spanish
Snack food / sweets (Colombia) in Spanish is mecato (meh-KAH-toh). It's masculine: el mecato.
- Spanish
- el mecato
- Say it
- el meh-KAH-toh
- Gender
- Masculine: el mecato
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Colombian food and drink vocabulary
The other words in step 3 of Colombian Spanish Words.
- el tintoblack coffee (Colombia) · el TEEN-toh
- la arepacorn cake (Colombia) · lah ah-REH-pah
- el pandebonoColombian cheese bread · el pahn-deh-BOH-noh
- la almojábanacheese-and-corn bread roll · lah ahl-moh-HAH-bah-nah
- el ajiacoColombian chicken-and-potato soup · el ah-HYAH-koh
- el sancochohearty meat-and-root-vegetable soup · el sahn-KOH-choh
- el patacónfried flattened plantain · el pah-tah-KOHN
- el lulolulo fruit · el LOO-loh
- la panelaunrefined cane sugar block · lah pah-NEH-lah
Questions about mecato
How do you say snack food / sweets (Colombia) in Spanish?
Snack food / sweets (Colombia) in Spanish is el mecato.
How do you pronounce mecato?
Say it meh-KAH-toh. The syllable in capitals is stressed: KAH. This guide follows Latin American Spanish.
Is mecato masculine or feminine in Spanish?
mecato is masculine, so it takes el: el mecato.
What does mecato mean in English?
In English, el mecato means snack food / sweets (Colombia).
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