tapas
See also: tapás
English
Etymology
From Spanish tapas, plural of tapa, with original sense of “top”.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈtæp.æs/, /ˈtæp.əs/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈtæp.əs/, /ˈtɑːp.əs/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (US, Northern California): (file) Audio (UK): (file)
Noun
tapas (uncountable)
- A variety of Spanish small food items or snacks, originally served with sherry.
- 1986, Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet Cooks with Wine
- The snacks are called tapas because in the old days a piece of toast was served, too, so that you might have a "top" on your glass of sherry, a lid that would prevent the flies from getting into the glass.
- 1986, Jeff Smith, The Frugal Gourmet Cooks with Wine
- (by extension) Small food items generally.
- Izakaya food is basically Japanese tapas.
Synonyms
- small plate, small plates (see small plates)
Translations
variety of small foods
|
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
tapas
- An individual item of tapas; mostly used in plural.
- Mennään syömään tapaksia.
- Let's go and eat some tapas.
- Mennään syömään tapaksia.
Declension
Inflection of tapas (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | tapas | tapakset | |
genitive | tapaksen | tapasten tapaksien | |
partitive | tapasta | tapaksia | |
illative | tapakseen | tapaksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tapas | tapakset | |
accusative | nom. | tapas | tapakset |
gen. | tapaksen | ||
genitive | tapaksen | tapasten tapaksien | |
partitive | tapasta | tapaksia | |
inessive | tapaksessa | tapaksissa | |
elative | tapaksesta | tapaksista | |
illative | tapakseen | tapaksiin | |
adessive | tapaksella | tapaksilla | |
ablative | tapakselta | tapaksilta | |
allative | tapakselle | tapaksille | |
essive | tapaksena | tapaksina | |
translative | tapakseksi | tapaksiksi | |
abessive | tapaksetta | tapaksitta | |
instructive | — | tapaksin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams
French
Verb
tapas
- second-person singular past historic of taper
Portuguese
Verb
tapas
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
tapas f pl
Verb
tapas
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Noun
tapas
- act of cutting or lopping evenly the top, as of a tree
- act or manner of cutting off the husk of a coconut fruit with a sharp bolo; dehusking of coconut
Synonyms
- (cutting the top): palas, pagpalas
- (dehusking of coconut): pagtapas, pagtatapas
Adjective
tapás
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Noun
Lua error in Module:phi-headword at line 380: Parameter "head" is not used by this template.
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Foods
- Finnish terms borrowed from Spanish
- Finnish terms derived from Spanish
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑpɑs
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- French non-lemma forms
- French verb forms
- Portuguese non-lemma forms
- Portuguese verb forms
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish noun forms
- Argentinian Spanish
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog adjectives
- tl:Fish