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appetize -er
Pronunciation [ edit ] appetizer (plural appetizers
( usually in the plural ) A small, light, and usually savory first course in a mealSynonyms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
small, light first course
Arabic: مَزَّة (ar) f ( mazza ) , المشهي
Armenian: նախուտեստ (hy) ( naxutest )
Bulgarian: аперити́в (bg) m ( aperitív ) , мезе ( meze )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 開胃菜 (zh) , 开胃菜 (zh) ( kāiwèicài ) , 前菜 (zh) ( qiáncài )
Dutch: bittergarnituur borrelhapjes (nl) pl
Finnish: alkupala (fi) , alkuruoka (fi)
French: amuse-gueule (fr) , garniture d'apéritif apéritif (fr) m entrée (fr) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Appetithappen Schnapsleckerbissen Vorspeise (de) f
Greek: ορεκτικό (el) n ( orektikó )
Italian: aperitivo (it) m stuzzichino (it) m antipasto m
Japanese: アペタイザー ( apetaizā ) , 前菜 ( ぜんさい, zensai )
Korean: 전채 ( jeonchae )
Latin: gustātōrium n
Maori: kūmamatanga whakapūwharu
Persian: پیشغذا (fa) ( piš-ğazâ )
Polish: zakąska (pl) f
Portuguese: aperitivo (pt) m
Russian: заку́ска (ru) f ( zakúska ) , аперити́в (ru) m ( aperitív )
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: predjelo (sh) n
Spanish: aperitivo (es) m antojito m ( Mexico ) , boca (es) f ( Costa Rica ) , boquitas f pl ( Central America ) , bocadito m ( Ecuador, Peru ) , botana (es) f ( Mexico ) , pasaboca (es) m ( Colombia ) , pasapalo m ( Venezuela ) , picada (es) f ( Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay ) , picadera f ( Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico ) , picadito m ( Bolivia ) , picoteo (es) m ( Chile ) , pincho (es) m ( Northern Spain ) , piqueo (es) m ( Ecuador ) , saladito m ( Cuba ) , tapa (es) f ( Spain standard usage )
Tagalog: pamutat
Thai: อาหารเรียกน้ำย่อย ( aa-hǎan-rîiak-nám-yɔ̂i )
