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Coffe, or having a cup of coffee, is informally 'fika': without transposition! kaffe coffee fi-ka ffe-kon; fika fekon losing the last part becomes 'fika'.
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Every manojo of Bontoc and Samoki palay is tied up at harvest time with a strip of one variety of bamboo called "fika" made by the pueblos from sections of bamboo brought in bundles from a day's journey westward to barter during April and May.
The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911
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Uppsala has many cafés where students can hang out and "fika".
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"Matimu ya yindlo ya kokwana Pontia ku fika ka vatatana va hina."
Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005
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So: 'Come, let's "fika lite"' does not sound like such a nice invitation to a Norwegian...
Spikning - as Luther did it Torill 2007
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Stockholm is made up of 14 small islands, each with a very different feel; strolling across the little bridges that connect the capital, stopping for fika coffee and cake and perusing the boutiques, is a wonderful way to spend a city break.
Evening Standard - Home Lucy Hunter Johnston 2012
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By reinventing Swedish classics or drawing inspiration from other places, they've brought fresh sophistication to the fika.
NYT > Home Page By STEPHEN WHITLOCK 2010
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One of the first Swedish words any new visitor learns is fika, which means a coffee break, usually enjoyed with a little cake or pastry, much like the British term elevenses but with no time restriction.
NYT > Home Page By STEPHEN WHITLOCK 2010
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And this is a popular hangout for fika, or coffee and a slice of cake.
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She has also come to appreciate a classic Swedish pastime: the coffee break, or fika.
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Kinfolk volume 1 included an article on fika, the Swedish coffee break so in vogue now, and on teatime—rituals that would be incorporated into Kinfolk’s office life.
How Kinfolk Magazine Defined the Millennial Aesthetic…and Unraveled Behind the Scenes Condé Nast 2020
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Squeezed in a white-tiled vault under the arches right by Hoxton Overground station, this Stockholm-based bakery has a teeny-tiny Scandi-style seating area if you fancy a ‘fika’ (ie a Swedish coffee break, preferably accompanied by a sweet bun on the side).
These bakeries are definitively the best places to spend your dough Time Out London Food & Drink 2022
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Perhaps the best-known of Sweden’s enviable workplace practices is the tradition of fika (derived from the Swedish word for coffee, kaffe), which involves stepping away from your desk to share coffee and cake or pastries with colleagues.
Fika, four-week holidays - and zero overtime: Sweden’s stunningly healthy work culture Leah Harper 2023
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The book, designed to sit alongside books on hygge (the Danish art of cosiness) and fika (the Swedish art of the coffee break), came out just as the Netherlands went into its first hard lockdown in late 2020.
The art of doing nothing: have the Dutch found the answer to burnout culture? Viv Groskop 2024
lea commented on the word fika
Swedish for coffee. Also a verb: to drink coffee.
March 7, 2009
bilby commented on the word fika
Don't ask for this in Italy. Please.
March 7, 2009
lea commented on the word fika
Maybe you are referring to... figa? :o] I knew that. I also knew that you can never say "Look, (at) the sea!" in Finnish in Italy. It would be: Katso merta!
March 7, 2009
bilby commented on the word fika
Ha! :-)
And there I was, standing on the headland at Turku, part-Moomin-dreamer and part-wide-eyed foreigner, gazing devoutly out to sea for signs of something interesting. Look!
March 7, 2009
madmouth commented on the word fika
according to them, it means "coffee and cake", that is, a whole branch of cuisine
October 4, 2009