No. 6,518 in Spanish
cacao
Cacao: The dried seeds of the cacao tree used to make chocolate and cocoa products.
In a sentence
El cacao es la base de muchos productos deliciosos.
Cocoa is the base of many delicious products.
In this context, 'cacao' refers to the natural product used as an ingredient in food products like chocolate.
Me gusta tomar una bebida caliente hecha de cacao.
I like to drink a hot beverage made from cocoa.
Here, 'cacao' is employed to refer to the processed powder used to make drinks like hot cocoa.
La plantación está llena de árboles de cacao.
The plantation is full of cacao trees.
In this sentence, 'cacao' describes the plant where the fruit containing cacao seeds grows.
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