bodega
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5.5
- noun
- /boʊˈdeɪɡə/
- US
:
tienda de comestibles
- As usual, they ate lunch in his chambers—takeout food from a bodega on the Grand Concourse.
I see them in like bodegas and they're so old.
- I see them in like bodegas and they're so old.
- The people where you ask, hey, how do I get to the bodega?
- And, and I'd stop and get like in a little bodega and stuff and get like a ice coffee or something.
- You know, and a great example was we had a not a barista, a guy at a bodega or a Bogada, as Jill Biden calls it.
- When I went to LA, I stayed in a hotel and the hotel like mini Mart, like their shop was called like the bodega.
Examples
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I stopped by the bodega to pick up some snacks and drinks for the party.
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We have to find the keys to the bodega.
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Does anybody go down to the bodega and get some toilet paper?
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The bodega was only supposed to be temporary, but now...
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I grab his arm, and he stops in front of a bodega.
Fiction book (2002) -
See, the problem with bodegas is they never remember you.
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Luis and the victim had often stopped in at the bodega.
Fiction book (1997) -
I locked the van, and he followed me back into the shadowed interior of the bodega.
Fiction book (1990) -
Hernandez comes out of a bodega with groceries, wine, and a woman.
Fiction book (1992) -
He and his family have been making paninis in the same bodega for 175 years.
Synonyms
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1.0
A shop that sells food and household items
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1.0
A shop that sells food and other everyday items
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2.7
A small shop in the countryside that sells food and home goods
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9.1
A small shop that sells food and everyday items
A small country shop and bar where people meet to buy things and talk
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Etymology
Bodega comes from Spanish bodega, which originally meant a 'wine cellar' or 'storeroom' where people kept food and drink. So a modern bodega is a small shop or corner store that sells everyday items like snacks, milk and sandwiches, often open late.