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bo·de·ga

(bō-dā′gə)

1. A small grocery store that specializes in products from the Caribbean and Latin America.

2. A warehouse for the storage of wine.

[Spanish, from Latin apothēca, storehouse; see apothecary.]

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bodega

(bəʊˈdiːɡə; Spanish boˈðeɣa)

(Commerce) a shop selling wine and sometimes groceries, esp in a Spanish-speaking country

[C19: from Spanish, ultimately from Greek apothēkē storehouse, from apotithenai to store, put away]

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bo•de•ga

(boʊˈdeɪ gə)

n., pl. -gas.

1. (esp. among Spanish-speaking Americans) a grocery store.

2. a wineshop.

3. a warehouse for storing or aging wine.

[< American Spanish, Sp < Latin apothēca storehouse; see apothecary]

bodega

A Spanish word meaning wineshop, used to mean a grocery store that sells wine.

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bodega - a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries

shop, store - a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"

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bodega

[bəʊˈdeɪgə] N (= grocery shop) → almacén m, tienda f de ultramarinos

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bodega

n (US) → Bodega f

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