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Old March 19, 2009, 03:18 AM
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botana - feminine noun (la) - snacks, refreshments. Look up botana in the dictionary

Si vas a ir a ver una película a casa de alguien, lleva una botana.
If you're going to go watch a movie at someone's house, take some snacks with you.
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Old March 19, 2009, 05:49 AM
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Sí ésa es lo que es, pero solamente entre mexicanos y los que son familiarizado con modismos mexicanos.
Merienda, algo para picar, hay otros términos mas internacionales
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I have learn a new word today... Botana
As poli suggested, we say "merienda" or "algo para picar"
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Yo también aprendí algo nuevo....yo creía que merienda era "light meal"

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Old March 19, 2009, 08:53 AM
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We have thousands of word for eating and sleeping. We are spanish!
comida: almuerzo, merienda, picoteo, tapeo, ir de pintxos, tomar unas cañas, cena, recena, desayuno, alubiada, todo-grasa,......
sleeping: dormir, acurrucarse, siesta, sestear, tumbarse un rato, echarse al sofá, como un tronco....
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For sleeping......planchar oreja!

For eating........camellar

We are quite creative, aren't we?
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merienda, tentempié, refrigerio, bocado, botana (México)

Picar algo is to have a snack, to nibble
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This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for March 19, 2009

botana - feminine noun (la) - snacks, refreshments. Look up botana in the dictionary

Si vas a ir a ver una película a casa de alguien, llevas unas botanas.
If you're going to go watch a movie at someone's house, take some snacks with you.
Just I did a bit corrections about.

The sentence is without the S and it sound bad without it.
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Sí, me parece que se usa botana solamente en México y América Central. El diccionario Oxford da este ejemplo: De botana te sirven caracoles . También hay una expresión mexicana: agarrar a alguien de botana (to make fun of somebody). ¿Se usa?
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También hay una expresión mexicana: agarrar a alguien de botana (to make fun of somebody). ¿Se usa?
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Sí, me parece que se usa botana solamente en México y América Central. El diccionario Oxford da este ejemplo: De botana te sirven caracoles . También hay una expresión mexicana: agarrar a alguien de botana (to make fun of somebody). ¿Se usa?

Yes. It's very used inside my country.

I catched you of snaks.
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Question for Spaniards: I always thought our "botanas" were your "tapas", but they haven't been mentioned... What are "tapas" then?
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Tapas. It's a cover of some bottle.
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Tapas. It's a cover of some bottle.
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Question for Spaniards: I always thought our "botanas" were your "tapas", but they haven't been mentioned... What are "tapas" then?
I think tapas are a very specific type of botana/snack served only in bars in Spain.
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We learned from the last chapter that "de merienda" is "for a snack". Would merienda mean "snack"?
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I wasn't so wrong then. Thank you, David!

@jchen: for a Mexican, "merienda" can only be a light dinner, but not so light as only a snack.
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oh I see. so it's not really a snack...
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I wasn't so wrong then. Thank you, David!

@jchen: for a Mexican, "merienda" can only be a light dinner, but not so light as only a snack.

So I wasn't wrong when I said that I thought that merienda was a light meal?

Claro, tomando en cuenta donde estoy y con quién estoy hablando y de donde es la persona.

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Chistocito.





I think tapas are a very specific type of botana/snack served only in bars in Spain.

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tapas (south) or pinchos/pintxos (north) is the same.
A little
the most basic is a slice of "tortilla de patatas" or a mini "bocata de jamón"
But tapas can be really wonderfull little dishes.
PINTXOS
here
PINCHOS
you can select within "cold","warm" and "local", with photos and recipes.
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