botana
See also: Botana
English
Etymology
Spanish botana
Noun
botana (plural botanas)
- A Mexican aperitif.
- 1988 June 3, Lawrence Rand, “Restaurant Tours: 21 years in a Mexican standby”, in Chicago Reader:
- 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.
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Anagrams
- abaton
Spanish
Etymology
From bota (“wineskin”).
Noun
botana f (plural botanas)
- botana
- appetizer (Mexico)
- snack
Descendants
- → English: botana
Further reading
- “botana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014