montaplatos

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of monta (“to lift (originally)”) +‎ platos (“dishes”).

Noun

montaplatos m (plural montaplatos)

1. dumbwaiter

Further reading

• “montaplatos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10