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Spanish
Etymology
Shortened from bocadillo + -ata.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boˈkata/
- Rhymes: -ata
- Syllabification: bo‧ca‧ta
Noun
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: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
References
- ^ “bocadillo en España, sándwich en América”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2018 October 14 (last accessed), archived from the original on 15 October 2018
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