What are the Spanish words for the parts of a mate?
La yerba (also spelled hierba) is the leaf, el recipiente the container, also called el mate, la calabaza the gourd, hirviendo boiling, which the water must never be, el termo the thermos flask and compartir to share.
Words round the gourd
- la yerba
- the leaf, the herb
- el recipiente
- the container; also called el mate
- la calabaza
- the gourd
- hirviendo
- boiling
- el termo
- the thermos flask
- compartir
- to share
Se prepara en un recipiente pequeño, que también se llama mate.It is prepared in a small container, which is also called a mate.
Se bebe con una bombilla, un tubo de metal con un filtro.It is drunk through a bombilla, a metal straw with a filter.