bodega
US/boʊˈdeɪɡə/
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Philippines/boˈde.ɡɐ/
bodega noun: a storehouse for maturing wine, a winery.
Noun
bodega (plural bodegas)
- A storehouse for maturing wine, a winery.
- A store specializing in Hispanic groceries.
- Any convenience store.
- He […] finds himself looking across the street, at a little bodega on the corner.2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 83
- The ensemble of (often shirtless) young people spend most of the film drinking malt liquor, taking drugs, robbing bodegas, assaulting skateboarders, and (especially) having and discussing sex.2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN
- Any small or medium-sized shop with a unique facade in a shopping center plaza, usually located in the center or the sides of the plaza. (Does not include the anchor tenant of the shopping center, as they are usually referred to as the anchor.)
- A warehouse; a storeroom.
- Copra as brought into town from the plantations in bull carts is hauled to the door of his bodega, and the sale is negotiated.1925, Everett D. Gothwaite, Trade in Philippine Copra and Coconut Oil, page 51
- They allowed Filipinos to go inside the bodega of the Central and get all the sugar they needed.1958, Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the Philippines, page 413
Proper noun capitalized: Bodega
Bodega
Forms of bodega
| plural | bodegas |
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Origin of bodega
Borrowed from Spanish bodega, from Latin apothēca (“storehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Doublet of apotheke and boutique. In New York popularized by the Puerto Rican community.
Words formed from bodega
Phrases with bodega
Questions about bodega
- What does bodega mean?
- Bodega means a storehouse for maturing wine, a winery.
- What part of speech is bodega?
- Bodega can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce bodega?
- Bodega is pronounced /boʊˈdeɪɡə/ (US).
- What is the plural of bodega?
- The plural of bodega is bodegas.
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