Tapas Definition

tŭpəs
noun
Religious austerity.
American Heritage

Variety of Spanish small food items or snacks originally served with sherry.

Wiktionary
Small food items generally.
Izakaya food is basically Japanese tapas.
Wiktionary

Origin of Tapas

  • From Spanish tapas, plural of tapa, with original sense of “top".

    From Wiktionary

  • Sanskrit tapaḥ tapas- heat, austerity

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tapas Sentence Examples

  • It's a bit of a mix here; tapas, Italian and Greek meze all feature on the menu.

  • Spanish cuisine From the humble paella to tempting tapas, Spain offers a range of traditional specialties that are hard to beat.

  • There's also plenty of Mediterranean style food on offer including swordfish and fried mustard chicken as well as the ubiquitous tapas.

  • The smart restaurant serves fantastic tapas dishes throughout the day - including Parma ham crisps, crayfish tails and baby octopus.

  • Glasses were banged down on the tables, half eaten tapas abandoned.

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