English: Grinding stone

Spanish: Metate

Type: Food -- Practical Info

Meaning: grinding stone

El metate es una piedra rectangular inclinada que se usa para moler el maíz, el cacao, la canela, u otros ingredientes secas. Se usa la mano, una piedra ovalada en forma de un gusano gordo, para moler. (A grinding stone called a metate is a rectangular, slightly inclined stone for grinding corn, cacao, cinnamon, or other dry ingredients. You use the mano, a much smaller oblong stone, to do the grinding.)