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azafate

tray; flat wicker basket (today mostly in Latin America)bandeja; canastillo llano de mimbre (hoy sobre todo en América)

Comes from Arabic

السَّفَط

as-safaṭ

“the basket”«el cesto, la canasta»

Arabic today says

صِينِيَّة

ṣīniyya

Root

س ف ط

s-f-ṭ

The article

Spanish kept the Arabic article al- glued to the word.

The story

S is a sun letter: as-safaṭ gave azafate. In Peru and Chile azafate is the everyday word for "tray".La s es solar: as-safaṭ dio azafate. En Perú y Chile azafate es la palabra corriente para «bandeja».

In a sentence

Trajo el desayuno en un azafate.

She brought breakfast on a tray.

أَحْضَرَ الفُطُورَ عَلَى صِينِيَّة.

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