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bodega

wine cellar

noun boh-DEH-gah Rare
Food & Drink Drinks

Origin: From Latin apotheca (storehouse), from Greek apothēkē.

Also means

grocery store

Usage Note

Bodega is richly polysemous: in Spain it primarily means a wine cellar or winery; in Latin America (especially Mexico and the Caribbean) it is a corner grocery store or small warehouse. In New York City English, 'bodega' (borrowed from Spanish) specifically means a Latino-run convenience store. The wine sense is used in contexts like visita a la bodega (winery tour).

Examples

"Visitamos una bodega en La Rioja."

Natural Translation

We visited a winery in La Rioja.

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