How to Say ‘The dish of the day’ in Mexican Spanish
El platillo del día
el plah-TEE-yoh dehl DEE-ah
[el plah-TEE-yoh dehl DEE-ah]
💬 Usage Tip: In Mexico a prepared dish is a platillo. plato usually means the physical plate.
Phrase Breakdown
El platillo
el plah-TEE-yoh
The dish
'Platillo' means a prepared dish. The 'll' sounds like 'y': el-plah-TEE-yoh.
El platillo típico es el mole.
The typical dish is mole.
Words in this phrase
El
[el]
the
Masculine singular definite article.
«El» acompaña al sustantivo en «El crecimiento».
“El” accompanies the noun in “The growth.”
platillo
[plah-TEE-yoh]
dish
In Mexico, a prepared dish or plate of food.
Este platillo es muy típico.
This dish is very typical.
del día
dehl DEE-ah
of the day
'Del' is 'de' + 'el'. 'Día' has two syllables: del-DEE-ah.
La sopa del día.
The soup of the day.
Words in this phrase
del
[dehl]
of the
A contraction of 'de' + 'el', meaning 'of the' or 'by the'.
La mesa está "del" otro lado de la terraza.
The table is on the other side of the terrace.
día
[DEE-ah]
day
Refers to a specific day when something happened.
Aquel "día" conocí a varias personas de tu empresa.
That day I met several people from your company.
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