fiambrera

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lunch box, food container, food carrier, food safe, refrigerated display case
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A practical aid centered on keeping food safe and ready for use.

Examples

  • El almacén argentino enfriaba los embutidos en una gran fiambrera.
    The Argentine shop chilled the cold cuts in a large refrigerated display case.
  • En Cuba colocaron los dulces dentro de la fiambrera del mostrador.
    In Cuba they placed the sweets inside the counter's food cabinet.
  • El empleado argentino cortó el jamón con la fiambrera.
    The Argentine clerk sliced the ham with the deli slicer.
  • Solo el personal capacitado puede usar la fiambrera.
    Only trained staff may use the deli slicer.
  • Desenchufa la fiambrera antes de limpiar la cuchilla.
    Unplug the meat slicer before cleaning the blade.

Similar words

loncheadora
portacomidas
portaviandas
despensa
expositor
alambrera
cortafiambres
comerciante de comida
lonchera
táper

Meanings

Portable food container

noun
food
neutral
A container with a close-fitting lid for storing food or taking it away from home, also including older baskets for cold provisions and stacked-pot carriers for hot meals.

Examples

  • Marta llevó la ensalada al trabajo en una fiambrera de vidrio.
    Marta took the salad to work in a glass lunch box.
  • Cierra bien la fiambrera para que no se derrame la sopa.
    Close the food container tightly so the soup does not spill.
  • Cada niño guardó su bocadillo en una fiambrera.
    Each child put their sandwich in a lunch box.
  • Las antiguas fiambreras podían ser cestas para llevar provisiones frías.
    Old food carriers could be baskets used to carry cold provisions.
  • El museo conserva una fiambrera de cacerolas apiladas que mantenía caliente la comida.
    The museum preserves a stacked-pot food carrier that kept meals hot.

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Regional food-storage fixture

noun
food
neutral
In Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, and Cuba, a wire, metal, or refrigerated cabinet or chamber that protects, stores, or displays food.

Examples

  • En la casa paraguaya, el pan se guardaba en una fiambrera de tela metálica.
    In the Paraguayan home, bread was kept in a wire-mesh food safe.
  • La fiambrera impedía que las moscas llegaran a la carne.
    The food safe kept flies away from the meat.
  • El almacén argentino enfriaba los embutidos en una gran fiambrera.
    The Argentine shop chilled the cold cuts in a large refrigerated display case.
  • En Cuba colocaron los dulces dentro de la fiambrera del mostrador.
    In Cuba they placed the sweets inside the counter's food cabinet.
  • La vieja fiambrera tenía puertas de malla y varios estantes.
    The old food cabinet had mesh doors and several shelves.

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Bolivian cold-cuts counter

adjective
retail
neutral
In Bolivia, describing a shop counter used to display cold cuts.

Examples

  • La tienda boliviana instaló un mostrador fiambrera junto a la caja.
    The Bolivian shop installed a cold-cuts display beside the till.
  • El mostrador fiambrera mantiene visibles los quesos y embutidos.
    The deli display keeps the cheeses and cold cuts visible.
  • Limpiaron la superficie del mostrador fiambrera antes de abrir.
    They cleaned the surface of the cold-cuts display before opening.
  • La carnicería cambió el cristal de su mostrador fiambrera.
    The butcher's shop replaced the glass in its deli display.
  • Un mostrador fiambrera nuevo ocupa el centro del local.
    A new cold-cuts display stands in the middle of the shop.

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Argentine deli slicer

noun
food
neutral
In Argentina, a machine that cuts cold meats and cheeses into thin slices.

Examples

  • El empleado argentino cortó el jamón con la fiambrera.
    The Argentine clerk sliced the ham with the deli slicer.
  • Desenchufa la fiambrera antes de limpiar la cuchilla.
    Unplug the meat slicer before cleaning the blade.
  • La fiambrera permite sacar lonchas muy finas de queso.
    The deli slicer can cut very thin slices of cheese.
  • Compraron una fiambrera nueva para la sección de embutidos.
    They bought a new meat slicer for the cold-cuts section.
  • Solo el personal capacitado puede usar la fiambrera.
    Only trained staff may use the deli slicer.

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Uruguayan insect screen

noun
home
neutral
In Uruguay, a wire-mesh frame fitted to a door or window to stop insects entering.

Examples

  • En Uruguay pusieron una fiambrera en la ventana de la cocina.
    In Uruguay they fitted an insect screen to the kitchen window.
  • La fiambrera deja pasar el aire, pero no los mosquitos.
    The insect screen lets air through but keeps mosquitoes out.
  • Reparé un agujero en la fiambrera de la puerta.
    I repaired a hole in the door's fly screen.
  • La casa antigua aún conserva sus fiambreras de alambre.
    The old house still has its wire insect screens.
  • Cerraron la fiambrera para que no entraran moscas.
    They closed the fly screen so that flies could not get in.

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Ecuadorian food seller

noun
work
informal
In informal Ecuadorian use, a woman who prepares and sells food at a market or in the street.

Examples

  • La fiambrera llegó temprano al mercado con sus ollas.
    The female food vendor arrived early at the market with her pots.
  • Todos conocían a la fiambrera por sus almuerzos caseros.
    Everyone knew the street-food seller for her home-cooked lunches.
  • Una fiambrera vendía secos de pollo junto a la estación.
    A female food vendor sold chicken stew beside the station.
  • La fiambrera ecuatoriana montó su puesto antes del amanecer.
    The Ecuadorian street-food seller set up her stall before dawn.
  • Las fiambreras del mercado prepararon comida para la fiesta.
    The market's female food vendors prepared food for the celebration.

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Etymology

From Spanish fiambre, 'cold cooked food or cold cuts', plus the noun-forming suffix -era.

FAQ

What does fiambrera usually mean?

It usually means a close-fitting lunch box or food container.

Is fiambrera feminine?

Yes. It is la fiambrera, and the regular plural is las fiambreras.

How is fiambrera pronounced?

It is pronounced /fjamˈbɾeɾa/ in the broad pronunciation used here.

What is the difference between fiambrera and lonchera?

Both can mean a lunch box. Fiambrera is especially common in Spain, while lonchera is widespread in the Americas.

Does fiambrera have regional meanings?

Yes. It can name food-storage fixtures, a deli slicer in Argentina, an insect screen in Uruguay, and a female food seller in Ecuador.

Where does fiambrera come from?

It is formed from fiambre, meaning cold cooked food or cold cuts, and the suffix -era.

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