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bo⋅de⋅ga

  [boh-dey-guh; Sp. baw-the-gah]
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–noun, plural -gas  [-guhz; Sp. -gahs] .
1. (esp. among Spanish-speaking Americans) a grocery store.
2. a wineshop.
3. a warehouse for storing or aging wine.
Origin:
< AmerSp, Sp < L apothēca storehouse; see apothecary
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bo·de·ga   (bō-dā'gə)   
n.  

  1. A small grocery store, sometimes combined with a wineshop, in certain Hispanic communities.

  2. A warehouse for the storage of wine.


[Spanish, from Latin apothēca, storehouse; see apothecary.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
bodega

  1. n.
    a corner store; a local shop. (From a Spanish term for a wineshop, or simply borrowed from Hispanic speakers in the U.S.) : I picked this little thing up at my local bodega.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bodega 
1848, from Mex.Sp., from Sp., "a wine shop," from L., from Gk. apotheke "depot, store" (see apothecary). The same word as boutique.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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