cafetera

Catalan

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

cafetera f sg

1. feminine singular of cafeter

Etymology 2

From cafeter +‎ -era or French cafetière. See also tetera (“teapot”).

Noun

cafetera f (plural cafeteres)

1. coffeemaker (kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee)
2. coffeepot (vessel for preparing or serving coffee)
3. (colloquial) bucket of bolts (a piece of machinery that's not worth more than its scrap value)
4. (colloquial) good-for-nothing (a useless person)

Further reading

• “cafetera”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Spanish

Etymology

From café (“coffee”) +‎ -t- +‎ -era, patterned after French cafetière. See also tetera (“teapot; kettle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kafeˈteɾa/ [ka.feˈt̪e.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: ca‧fe‧te‧ra

Noun

cafetera f (plural cafeteras)

1. coffeemaker (kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee)
2. coffeepot (vessel for preparing or serving coffee)
3. (colloquial) bucket of bolts (a piece of machinery that's not worth more than its scrap value)

Derived terms

• cafetera de émbolo

Descendants

• → Tagalog: kapetera

Adjective

cafetera f

1. feminine singular of cafetero

Further reading

• “cafetero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025