Consejos para una parrillada segura y sin intoxicaciones
B1 Spanish listening practice · Colombian Spanish · Curated for intermediate learners
What does “comensales” mean in Spanish?
“Comensales” is the single word Spanish has for “everyone sharing a meal” — dinner guests, the people around your table, diners in a restaurant. “Una mesa para diez comensales” is a table for ten; warning that bad food can sicken “todos los comensales” means everyone at the cookout, not just the host. English has no neat one-word equivalent, which is exactly why it’s worth learning.
The etymology is a quiet treat: from Latin “com-” (together) + “mensa” (table) — literally “those who share a table,” the same root behind English “commensal.” Grill-day vocabulary clustered around it: “la parrillada” (the barbecue/cookout), “la parrilla” (the grill), “carne molida” (ground beef), “la nevera” (the fridge, in many regions).
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Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-ESP 2011 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.