Το αφρόγαλα στον καπουτσίνο είναι ωραίο, αλλά εγώ προτιμώ τον καφέ πιο απλό.

The milk foam in cappuccino is nice, but I prefer coffee simpler.

Breakdown of Το αφρόγαλα στον καπουτσίνο είναι ωραίο, αλλά εγώ προτιμώ τον καφέ πιο απλό.

• είμαι: to be
• ο καφές: the coffee
• εγώ: I
• αλλά: but

Questions & Answers about Το αφρόγαλα στον καπουτσίνο είναι ωραίο, αλλά εγώ προτιμώ τον καφέ πιο απλό.

What does αφρόγαλα mean literally?

It is a compound word:

• αφρός = foam
• γάλα = milk

So αφρόγαλα literally means foam-milk, i.e. milk foam / frothed milk. In coffee contexts, it is the foamy milk on top of a cappuccino.

Why is καπουτσίνο masculine here even though it ends in -ο?

Because some borrowed drink names in Greek are treated as masculine, even if their ending might look neuter to a learner.

Here the sentence uses:

• ο καπουτσίνο = the cappuccino
• τον καπουτσίνο = the cappuccino, as object or after a preposition

This is common with coffee names in everyday Greek. The noun itself often does not change much, so the article shows the gender and case.

What does στον mean?

Στον is the contracted form of σε τον.

So:

• σε = in, at, on, to
• τον = the, masculine accusative singular
• στον = in the / to the / at the, depending on context

Here στον καπουτσίνο means in the cappuccino.

Why are there so many definite articles: το, στον, τον?