sándwich
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
sándwich m (plural sándwiches)
- a sandwich only made with sandwich bread
Usage notes edit
- A bocadillo tends to refer to a sandwich made with a baguette or any type of bread, while sándwich only refers to a sandwich made with sandwich bread.
Derived terms edit
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
- sánduche (Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia)
- sánguche (Peru, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English sandwich.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈsanɡwit͡ʃ/ [ˈsãŋ.ɡwit͡ʃ]
- IPA(key): (Mexico) /ˈsandwit͡ʃ/ [ˈsãn̪d̪.wit͡ʃ]
- Syllabification: sánd‧wich
Noun edit
sándwich m (plural sándwiches)
- sandwich
- Synonyms: emparedado, bocadillo
- (Spain, Mexico, Guatemala) a sandwich only made with sandwich bread
- (Chile) long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred
- Synonym: puente
Usage notes edit
- A bocadillo and bocata in Spain, 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
- “sándwich”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014