bocata
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Shortened from bocadillo + -ata.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bocata m (plural bocatas)
- (Spain, colloquial) sandwich
- Synonyms: (Spain) bocadillo, (Central America) emparedado, (Mexico) torta, sánduche, sándwich, sándwiche
- 2015 September 14, “Manzana Mahou 330 o cómo ser mucho más que la terraza de moda de Madrid”, in El País[2]:
- Aunque ya haya finalizado la exposición de bocatas de calamares, ahora puede ver la de otro tótem de la gastronomia española: las croquetas.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes[edit]
- In Spain, bocata and bocadillo (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]
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]
- “bocata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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