Remueve el café con la cucharilla pequeña, por favor.

Because remueve is a command form, while remover is the infinitive, meaning to stir or to move around.

In this sentence, remueve is the affirmative tú imperative of remover:

• remover = to stir
• remueve = stir

So the sentence is telling someone to do something: Stir the coffee...

Yes. Remueve here is a command addressed to tú — the informal singular you.

Spanish often leaves out the subject pronoun, so you do not need to say tú unless you want emphasis.

So:

• Remueve el café... = Stir the coffee...
• Tú remueve el café... = possible, but usually unnecessary and more emphatic

If you wanted a formal singular command, you would say:

• Remueva el café... = Stir the coffee... (formal)

Spanish often uses the definite article where English does not.

Here, el café means the coffee, but in natural English we usually just say coffee in this kind of instruction: Stir the coffee or simply Stir your coffee.

In Spanish, the article sounds normal because it refers to the specific coffee in front of the person.

So:

• Remueve el café = Stir the coffee

Leaving out el here would sound unnatural.

Spanish often does not use possessive words like mi, tu, su when the context already makes the owner obvious.

If someone is being told to stir the coffee they have in front of them, Spanish can simply say:

• Remueve el café

Even though English might naturally say Stir your coffee, Spanish does not need tu café unless you want to emphasize that it is specifically your coffee and not someone else’s.

Cucharilla is a small spoon, often like a teaspoon or the small spoon used for coffee.

Compare:

• cuchara = spoon
• cucharilla = small spoon / teaspoon

The ending -illa is a diminutive, often giving the idea of something smaller.

In Spain, cucharilla is very common for the kind of spoon you stir coffee with.

Good question. Yes, cucharilla already suggests a small spoon, so pequeña adds extra emphasis or clarity.

La cucharilla pequeña can suggest:

• the small spoon, not a bigger one
• use the smaller spoon specifically

So the sentence may be slightly more explicit than strictly necessary. In real life, people could also say simply:

• Remueve el café con la cucharilla, por favor.

But cucharilla pequeña is still understandable and grammatical.

In Spanish, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So the neutral, most common order is:

• la cucharilla pequeña = the small spoon

With many adjectives, putting the adjective before the noun changes the nuance. A before-the-noun adjective can sound more subjective, expressive, or literary.

So:

• la cucharilla pequeña = the spoon that is small, probably contrasting it with another spoon
• la pequeña cucharilla = more descriptive or emotive, like the little spoon

In this practical instruction, cucharilla pequeña is the more natural choice.

Con means with.

Here it introduces the instrument used to do the action:

• con la cucharilla pequeña = with the small spoon

So the structure is:

• Remueve = Stir
• el café = the coffee
• con la cucharilla pequeña = with the small spoon

This is the normal way in Spanish to say what tool or utensil you use.

Yes, in many places revuelve can also mean stir.

However, usage varies by region. In Spain, remover is very common for stirring drinks or food. In other Spanish-speaking regions, revolver may be more common.

So:

• Remueve el café = very natural in Spain
• Revuelve el café = also understandable, but more region-dependent

Since you are learning Spanish from Spain, remueve is a good choice to remember.

Yes, por favor is flexible in Spanish.

These are all possible:

• Remueve el café con la cucharilla pequeña, por favor.
• Por favor, remueve el café con la cucharilla pequeña.
• Remueve, por favor, el café con la cucharilla pequeña.

Putting it at the end is very common and natural in polite requests.

So the sentence means the same either way; the difference is mostly rhythm and style.

Grammatically, it is an imperative, so it is a command form. But adding por favor makes it sound polite.

So in real use it is usually understood as a polite request rather than a harsh order.

Compare:

• Remueve el café. = Stir the coffee.
  This can sound more direct.
• Remueve el café..., por favor. = Please stir the coffee...
  This sounds more polite.

Tone of voice also matters a lot.

Because Spanish normally omits subject pronouns when the verb already makes the subject clear.

The verb remueve already tells you the speaker is addressing tú.

Spanish prefers:

• Remueve el café...

rather than:

• Tú remueve el café...

Adding tú is possible, but it usually adds emphasis, contrast, or emotion.

Yes. Remover is a stem-changing verb: the o changes to ue when the syllable is stressed.

So:

• remover
• yo remuevo
• tú remueves
• command to tú: remueve

That is why the form is remueve.

This is similar to other Spanish stem-changing verbs, such as:

• volver → vuelve
• mover → mueve

So remueve follows a common pattern.