Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small grocery store that specializes in products from the Caribbean and Latin America.
- noun A warehouse for the storage of wine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wine-cellar, or a shop where wine is sold from the wood; a wine-vault.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Storehouse for maturing wine
- noun Store specializing in Hispanic groceries
- noun slang, New York City a
convenience store
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I know that you can donate through banamex or at the electra stores all over mexico, but I am not sure that the money would get there (after Mitch the donations were still in bodega a year after in DF) If you can advise me here on this forum or through my e mail address, I would appreciate it.
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At the Last Crack Hipster’s corner bodega, the code word is “Casaban.”
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At the Last Crack Hipster’s corner bodega, the code word is “Casaban.”
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At the Last Crack Hipster’s corner bodega, the code word is “Casaban.”
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On a brick wall next to a bodega was a mural of a young brown-skinned man with a black, seagull-shaped mustache.
The Big Scam Paul Lindsay 2005
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She has seen many clients start from nothing and build prosperous lives for their families through small businesses, including one client who started with a small "bodega" and now owns one of the largest grocery stores in Brooklyn.
Fact Sheet On Eight Years Of Peace Progress And Prosperity A Clinton, Bill, 1946- 2001
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She has seen many clients start from nothing and build prosperous lives for their families through small businesses, including one client who started with a small "bodega" and now owns one of the largest grocery stores in Brooklyn.
Fact Sheet On Eight Years Of Peace Progress And Prosperity Clinton, Bill, 1946- 2001
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Now the Malaga-born star has gone one step further, by investing in a Spanish 'bodega'.
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He then went into a bodega which is when I noticed that there were a few people watching with terrified faces.
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Not to sound like a V-Day grinch, but I'm also going to presume that you think this day stinks more than a rotting bouquet of bodega-bought roses.
pstone commented on the word bodega
The Spanish "bodega" is derived from Latin "apotheca," by dropping the initial syllable and "softening" the remaining sounds:
bo'de'ga < -- > po'the'ca
Thus, if you want to feel particularly genteel or old world, refer to your local bodega as the "apothecary."
October 5, 2008
skipvia commented on the word bodega
I rarely feel genteel, but this is cool anyway.
October 5, 2008
erinmckean commented on the word bodega
"in Nottingham England the bodega social club is a name of hipster alternative bar. The word bodega has come to mean hipster/trendy/alternative/retro/indie."
January 7, 2015