Also means
tavern (historical, Latin America)
Usage Note
Pulpería was the name for the general store and tavern that served rural communities across colonial and 19th-century Latin America, especially in Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile. Today the word is largely historical or literary, evoking the gaucho era. Pulpero is the storekeeper. The term is rarely used for a modern shop.
Examples
"Los gauchos se reunían en la pulpería del pueblo."
Natural Translation
The gauchos gathered at the village general store.

Free starter pack
Building your Spanish vocabulary?
Get the 100 most common Spanish words as a free PDF — one email, no spam.
Related Words
Explore Spanish by topic
SpanishNow
6 min read