bocadillo

Spanish

Etymology

Diminutive of bocado (“mouthful”), from bocado +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /bokaˈdiʝo/ [bo.kaˈð̞i.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /bokaˈdiʎo/ [bo.kaˈð̞i.ʎo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /bokaˈdiʃo/ [bo.kaˈð̞i.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /bokaˈdiʒo/ [bo.kaˈð̞i.ʒo]

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(most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
(rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
(Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo

Syllabification: bo‧ca‧di‧llo

Noun

bocadillo m (plural bocadillos)

(Spain) sandwich
Synonyms: (Spain) bocata, (Mexico) torta, (Central America) emparedado, sánduche, sándwich, sándwiche, torta

Tengo carne, queso y tomates en mi bocadillo.
There is meat, cheese and tomatoes in my sandwich.
(Colombia, Venezuela, Panama) guava jelly/jam
(Rest of the World) snack, bite to eat
Necesito un bocadillo.
I need a snack.
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Usage notes

In Spain, bocadillo and bocata (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]

Derived terms

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

Further reading

“bocadillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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