Asking non-native English speakers.

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[–] 57 points 1 day ago (6 children)

In Spanish.
Sobremesa, the period you stay at the table after lunch or dinner having a coffee or some drinks while chatting.

Aprovechar, is basically the opposite of to waste. So depending on the context is to take advantage of something, to make the most of, make a good use, give a second use or reuse leftovers for something else.

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  • [–] 5 points 14 hours ago

    The old-school English word for aprovechar was "thrift" or being thrifty. These days I hear it used mostly in the specific sense of saving cash. I don't often hear it much anymore in terms of conserving resources, but that is where it came from, and if you use it in that sense people will understand you.

    As for sobremesa, that's not something I've enjoyed enough for it to have its own word, unfortunately.

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  • [–] 3 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

    Second one is "appreciate" in English.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 hours ago (1 child)

    Not really. "Aproverchar" means more like "I have this things that I would normally throw out but I will used for X instead". You wouldn't say "I had some left over chicken so I appreciated it to make corquetas".

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