bocata

Spanish

Etymology

Shortened from bocadillo +‎ -ata.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /boˈkata/ [boˈka.t̪a]
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

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

“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

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

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