bodega
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish bodega, from Latin apotheca (“storehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Doublet of boutique and apothecary.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /boʊˈdeɪɡə/
Audio (AU) (file) - (Philippine) IPA(key): /boˈde.ɡɐ/
Noun
bodega (plural bodegas)
- A storehouse for maturing wine, a winery.
- A store specializing in Hispanic groceries.
- (slang, New York City) Any convenience store.
- 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 83:
- He […] finds himself looking across the street, at a little bodega on the corner.
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- (slang, Southwestern United States) 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.
- (Philippines) A warehouse; a storeroom
- 1925, Everett D. Gothwaite, Trade in Philippine Copra and Coconut Oil, page 51:
- Copra as brought into town from the plantations in bull carts is hauled to the door of his bodega, and the sale is negotiated.
- 1958, Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the Philippines, page 413:
- They allowed Filipinos to go inside the bodega of the Central and get all the sugar they needed.
- 1960, Philippines. Congress (1940-1973). Senate, Republic of the Philippines Congressional Record:
- Under the law, that is sufficient, and they make it clear that the value or the purchase prices is ₱100,000, and the bank is compelled under this proviso to accept the ricemill or bodega as sufficient collateral.
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See also
- apothecary
- boutique
Catalan
Etymology
Attested 1653, borrowed from Spanish bodega.[1] Doublet of botiga.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /boˈdɛ.ɡə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /buˈdɛ.ɡə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /boˈdɛ.ɡa/
Noun
bodega f (plural bodegues)
- (nautical) hold (the cargo area of a ship)
References
- “bodega”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Further reading
- “bodega” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “bodega” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “bodega” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish bodega. Doublet of botika and botik.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bo‧de‧ga
- IPA(key): /boˈdeɡa/, [bʊˈd̪i.ɡʌ]
Noun
bodega
- a storeroom
- a warehouse
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish bodega, from Latin apothēca (“storehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boːˈdɛɡaː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bo‧de‧ga
Noun
bodega f (plural bodega's, diminutive bodegaatje n)
- bodega, winery, wine bar
- bodega, storeroom, cellar
Related terms
- apotheek
- boetiek
Hiligaynon
Etymology
From Spanish bodega, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē).
Noun
bodéga
- cellar, storeroom, warehouse
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Doublet of adega, botica, and butique.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /boˈdɛ.ɡɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /boˈdɛ.ɡa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /buˈdɛ.ɡɐ/ [buˈðɛ.ɣɐ]
- Hyphenation: bo‧de‧ga
Noun
bodega f (plural bodegas)
- a small, cheap and possibly insalubrious tavern
- Synonym: baiuca
- (Brazil) a small warehouse
- Synonyms: taberna, mercearia
- anything considered worthless, useless or rather bad
Derived terms
- bodegueiro
References
- dicio.com definition
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Compare the borrowed doublet apoteca, as well as botica, through a French intermediate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boˈdeɡa/ [boˈð̞e.ɣ̞a]
- Rhymes: -eɡa
- Syllabification: bo‧de‧ga
Noun
bodega f (plural bodegas)
- cellar
- winery
- stockroom, storeroom
- (US) corner store owned by Hispanics
- (Cuba) grocery store (typically owned by the government)
- (nautical) hold (space in ship)
Hyponyms
- bodega de carga (“cargo bay”) (esp. for planes and spacecrafts)
Derived terms
- bodeguero m
- bodegón m
- embodegar
Related terms
- apoteca
- botica
Descendants
- → Catalan: bodega
- → Cebuano: bodega
- → Danish: bodega
- → Dutch: bodega
- → English: bodega
- → French: bodéga
- → German: Bodega
- → Hiligaynon: bodega
- → Tagalog: bodega
Further reading
- “bodega”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish bodega. Doublet of botika.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bo‧de‧ga
- IPA(key): /boˈdeɡa/, [boˈde.ɣɐ]
Noun
bodega
- storeroom; warehouse
- Synonyms: kamalig, pintungan
- (boxing) stomach
- Synonym: tiyan
Derived terms
- ibodega