Sobremesa
Etymology
From Spanish, literally “over the table” or “upon the table” (“sobre” meaning over/on, plus “mesa,” table). It names not the meal but the social afterglow, an institution strong enough in Spanish and Latin American life to have earned its own noun.
noun · /soh-breh-MEH-sah/
The relaxed conversation that lingers around the table after a meal is finished.
What it names
That unhurried, plate-cleared stretch of talk when nobody moves to leave because the company has become the point.
Example
We booked the restaurant for two but stayed four — the sobremesa went on longer than the lunch.
Related idea
A digestif is a drink taken to aid digestion after eating, an object; sobremesa is the whole lingering social occasion around the table, not what you sip during it.