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bodega definition

bo·dega (bō dā′gə)

noun

in Hispanic communities
  1. a small grocery store
  2. a wine shop
  3. a bar; tavern

Etymology: Sp, a grocery shop, wine cellar < L apotheca: see apothecary

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bodega Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • visit: The area produces its own wine and you can go to visit bodegas.

Preposition: in

  • town: The scores of wine bodegas in town have made Jerez, a city of some 200,000, world famous for its sherries.

Adjective modifier

  • local: Perhaps a better reason to visit is to have a meal in one of the local bodegas.

Modifies a noun

  • bay: In the world of washington where bodega bay lodge.

Noun used with modifier

  • sherry: Further up the coast is elegant Jerez where ample boulevards lined with palm and orange trees separate one famous sherry bodega from another.
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