bocadillo
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive of bocado (“mouthful”), from bocado + -illo.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
- Syllabification: bo‧ca‧di‧llo
Noun edit
bocadillo m (plural bocadillos)
- (Spain) sandwich
- (Colombia, Venezuela, Panama) guava jelly/jam
- (Rest of the World) snack, bite to eat
- Necesito un bocadillo.
- I need a snack.
- (comics) speech bubble (rounded outline, containing words, representing speech)
Usage notes edit
- In Spain, bocadillo and bocata (and torta in Mexico) tends to refer to a sandwich made with a baguette and any of bread, while sándwich only refers to a sandwich made with sandwich bread.[1]
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ “bocadillo en España, sándwich en América”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 2018 October 14 (last accessed), archived from the original on 15 October 2018
Further reading edit
- “bocadillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014