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bodega

[ boh-dey-guh; Spanish baw-the-gah ]

noun

plural bodegas
  1. a small, independent or family-owned grocery store, usually located in a densely populated urban environment, traditionally serving a Hispanic clientele.
  2. (in Spain)
    1. a wineshop.
    2. a warehouse for storing or aging wines.


bodega

/ boˈðeɣa; bəʊˈdiːɡə /

noun

  1. a shop selling wine and sometimes groceries, esp in a Spanish-speaking country
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bodega1

First recorded in 1845–50 bodega fordef 2; 1965–70 bodega fordef 1; from Latin American Spanish, Spanish “wine cellar, wine shop,” from Latin dzٳŧ “sٴǰdzܲ”; apothecary
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bodega1

C19: from Spanish, ultimately from Greek dzٳŧŧ storehouse, from apotithenai to store, put away
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For now, the extent of living quarters is a handful of temporary trailers behind the bodega building, surrounded by a wall, acres of Texas plain and a few horses munching grass.

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An innocent bodega owner was minding his business when a criminal caused massive damage to his property, stole his money and topped it off with arson.

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Meyers was talking about a supposed robbery at a bodega when the comedian materialized on set, saying, “Honestly, I’m concerned with how you’re going to end that joke.”

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“It was always about barrios, borders and bodegas,” she told NPR’s “All Things Considered” in 2006, describing what publishers and readers expected from her.

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They both hail from the Bronx, so I did my duty to the greater public and I got Jharrel Jerome’s bodega order because we already know Jennifer’s.

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