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bodega Definition

bo·dega (bō dā)

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

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.
  • famous: You begin one day with a visit to one of the many famous bodegas in Haro complete with wine tasting.
  • many: You begin one day with a visit to one of the many famous bodegas in Haro complete with wine tasting.
  • old: Exceptional value and cracking quality from one of the oldest bodegas of Jerez.
  • own: Seafood and game, and a great selection of wines from the restaurant's own bodega.
  • other: The choice of Rioja was no chance decision even tho there were two or three other bodegas in the area.

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

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