bodega

See also: Bodega and bodegă

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bodega, from Latin apotheca (“storehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Doublet of boutique and apothecary.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /boʊˈdeɪɡə/

• Audio (AU)

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• (Philippine) IPA^(key): /boˈde.ɡɐ/

Noun

bodega (plural bodegas)

1. A storehouse for maturing wine, a winery.
2. A store specializing in Hispanic groceries.
3. (slang, New York City) Any convenience store.
   • 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 83:

     He […] finds himself looking across the street, at a little bodega on the corner.

4. (slang, Southwestern United States) Any small or medium-sized shop with a unique facade in a shopping center plaza, usually located in the center or the sides of the plaza. Does not include the anchor tenant of the shopping center, as they are usually referred to as the anchor.
5. (Philippines) A warehouse; a storeroom
   • 1925, Everett D. Gothwaite, Trade in Philippine Copra and Coconut Oil, page 51:

     Copra as brought into town from the plantations in bull carts is hauled to the door of his bodega, and the sale is negotiated.

   • 1958, Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the Philippines, page 413:

     They allowed Filipinos to go inside the bodega of the Central and get all the sugar they needed.

   • 1960, Philippines. Congress (1940-1973). Senate, Republic of the Philippines Congressional Record:

     Under the law, that is sufficient, and they make it clear that the value or the purchase prices is ₱100,000, and the bank is compelled under this proviso to accept the ricemill or bodega as sufficient collateral.

See also

• apothecary
• boutique

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Catalan

Etymology

Attested 1653, borrowed from Spanish bodega. Doublet of botiga.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /boˈdɛ.ɡə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /buˈdɛ.ɡə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /boˈdɛ.ɡa/

Noun

bodega f (plural bodegues)

1. (nautical) hold (the cargo area of a ship)

Further reading

• “bodega” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bodega” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bodega” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bodega. Doublet of botika and botik.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bo‧de‧ga
• IPA^(key): /boˈdeɡa/, [bʊˈd̪i.ɡʌ]

Noun

bodega

1. a storeroom
2. a warehouse

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bodega, from Latin apothēca (“storehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːˈdɛɡaː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bo‧de‧ga

Noun

bodega f (plural bodega's, diminutive bodegaatje n)

1. bodega, winery, wine bar
2. bodega, storeroom, cellar

Related terms

• apotheek
• boetiek

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Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish bodega, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē).

Noun

bodéga

1. cellar, storeroom, warehouse

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Doublet of adega, botica, and butique.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈdɛ.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈdɛ.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈdɛ.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈdɛ.ɡɐ/ [buˈðɛ.ɣɐ]

• Hyphenation: bo‧de‧ga

Noun

bodega f (plural bodegas)

1. a small, cheap and possibly insalubrious tavern

   Synonym: baiuca

2. (Brazil) a small warehouse

   Synonyms: taberna, mercearia

3. anything considered worthless, useless or rather bad

Derived terms

• bodegueiro

References

• dicio.com definition

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Compare the borrowed doublet apoteca, as well as botica, through a French intermediate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈdeɡa/ [boˈð̞e.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Hyphenation: bo‧de‧ga

Noun

bodega f (plural bodegas)

1. cellar
2. winery
3. stockroom, storeroom
4. (US) corner store owned by Hispanics
5. (Cuba) grocery store (typically owned by the government)
6. (nautical) hold (space in ship)

Hyponyms

• bodega de carga (“cargo bay”) (esp. for planes and spacecrafts)

Derived terms

• bodeguero m
• bodegón m
• embodegar

Related terms

• apoteca
• botica

Descendants

• → Catalan: bodega
• → Cebuano: bodega
• → Danish: bodega
• → Dutch: bodega
• → English: bodega
• → French: bodéga
• → German: Bodega
• → Hiligaynon: bodega
• → Tagalog: bodega

Further reading

• “bodega”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bodega. Doublet of botika.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bo‧de‧ga
• IPA^(key): /boˈdeɡa/, [boˈde.ɣɐ]

Noun

bodega

1. storeroom; warehouse

   Synonyms: kamalig, pintungan

2. (boxing) stomach

   Synonym: tiyan

Derived terms

• ibodega