tetera

teapot (vessel for tea); teakettle; kettle (for boiling water)

Etymology tree Spanish té Spanish -t- Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin -āria Spanish -era Spanish tetera From té (“tea”) + -t- + -era. Compare French théière, Italian teiera. See also cafetera (“coffeemaker; coffeepot”).

a public restroom used as a place for casual sex between men; a tearoom or teahouse

Related: hacer tetera

According to Argentine writer Juan José Sebrelli, “tetera” comes from English toilet room, which is sometimes shortened to t-room, which sounds similar to “tea room” (“salón de té” in Spanish).