bodega
pronunciation
How to pronounce bodega in British English:
UK [bəʊ'dəɪgə]
How to pronounce bodega in American English:
US [boʊ'dəɪgə]
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- Noun:
- a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries
Word Origin
- bodega (n.)
- 1848, from Mexican Spanish, from Spanish bodega "a wine shop; cellar," from Latin apotheca, from Greek apotheke "depot, store" (see apothecary). The same word as boutique.
Example
- 1. They bought some beers at a bodega and drank them on a bench in prospect park .
- 2. More problematic were a series of phone calls that nafissatou diallo received from amara tarawally , whose uncle owned the bodega where diallo worked when she first came to the united states .
- 3. The wines were supplied by todd ruby , a silver spring-based broker whose extensive portfolio includes lustau , a leading sherry bodega .
- 4. A man rolls a cigar as he waits for food staples as permitted by the state rationing system at a government-run food store called " bodega " in sagua la grande , villaclara province , central cuba on november 8 , 2009 .