Botana

[DailyWord]

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, lleva una botana.
If you're going to go watch a movie at someone's house, take some snacks with you.

[poli]

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

[sosia]

I have learn a new word today... Botana
As poli suggested, we say "merienda" or "algo para picar"
Saludos

[Elaina]

Yo también aprendí algo nuevo....yo creía que merienda era "light meal"

[sosia]

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....

[Elaina]

For sleeping......planchar oreja!

For eating........camellar

We are quite creative, aren't we?

[Rusty]

merienda, tentempié, refrigerio, bocado, botana (México)

Picar algo is to have a snack, to nibble

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by DailyWord

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.

[Vikingo]

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?

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by Vikingo

También hay una expresión mexicana: agarrar a alguien de botana (to make fun of somebody). ¿Se usa?

All the time.

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by Vikingo

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.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Question for Spaniards: I always thought our "botanas" were your "tapas", but they haven't been mentioned... What are "tapas" then?

[CrOtALiTo]

Tapas. It's a cover of some bottle.

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

Tapas. It's a cover of some bottle.

Chistocito.

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

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.

[Jessica]

We learned from the last chapter that "de merienda" is "for a snack". Would merienda mean "snack"?

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

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.

[Jessica]

oh I see. so it's not really a snack...

[Elaina]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

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.

¡Tanto trabajo!

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

Chistocito.





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

jijijiji Alivianate.

[sosia]

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.
Saludos