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botana

botana noun: a Mexican appetiser.

Noun

botana (plural botanas)

  1. A Mexican appetiser.
    • The guacamole and queso fundido (melted cheese with a slathering of chorizo sausage on top, spooned onto sections of flour tortilla) are excellent, and two botanas (assortments) offer items like chalupas (small crisp tortillas) not always found on Chicago menus.1988 June 3, Lawrence Rand, “Restaurant Tours: 21 years in a Mexican standby”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2020

Forms of botana

pluralbotanas

Origin of botana

Borrowed from Spanish botana.

Questions about botana

What does botana mean?
Botana means a Mexican appetiser.
What part of speech is botana?
Botana is a noun.
What is the plural of botana?
The plural of botana is botanas.

Words near botana in the dictionary

  1. botallackite
  2. botallackites
  3. botamochi
  4. Botan
  5. botan rice
  6. botana
  7. botanas
  8. botanese
  9. botanic
  10. botanic garden
  11. botanic gardens

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