bodega

Borrowed from Spanish bodega, from Latin apotheca (“storehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Doublet of apotheke and boutique. In New York popularized by the Puerto Rican community.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /boʊˈdeɪɡə/

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• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /boˈde.ɡɐ/

bodega (plural bodegas)

1. A storehouse for maturing wine, a winery.
2. A store specializing in Hispanic groceries.
3. (informal, especially New York) Any convenience store.
   • 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 83:

     He […] finds himself looking across the street, at a little bodega on the corner.

   • 2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN:

     The ensemble of (often shirtless) young people spend most of the film drinking malt liquor, taking drugs, robbing bodegas, assaulting skateboarders, and (especially) having and discussing sex.

   • 2025 November 17, Anna Kodé, “New York’s Bodegas Are Here to Stay”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 November 2025:

     The familiar yellow awning of your favorite bodega beckons. You step under it, then into the glare of fluorescent lights. All you have to do is nod at the man behind the counter: He knows you want to order a chopped cheese. […] Bodegas, those small corner stores dotting blocks throughout the five boroughs, have been an essential part of city life for decades. The term, popularized by Puerto Ricans, loosely translates from Spanish to “warehouse.” […] In an age of increasingly high rents, growing chain stores, endless food delivery apps and a health-obsessed population, it’s somewhat of an urban miracle that bodegas are still around.

4. (informal, Southwestern US) Any small or medium-sized shop with a unique facade in a shopping center plaza, usually located in the center or the sides of the plaza. (Does not include the anchor tenant of the shopping center, as they are usually referred to as the anchor.)
5. (Philippines) A warehouse; a storeroom
   • 1925, Everett D. Gothwaite, Trade in Philippine Copra and Coconut Oil, page 51:

     Copra as brought into town from the plantations in bull carts is hauled to the door of his bodega, and the sale is negotiated.

   • 1958, Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the Philippines, page 413:

     They allowed Filipinos to go inside the bodega of the Central and get all the sugar they needed.

   • 1960, Philippines. Congress (1940-1973). Senate, Republic of the Philippines Congressional Record:

     Under the law, that is sufficient, and they make it clear that the value or the purchase prices is ₱100,000, and the bank is compelled under this proviso to accept the ricemill or bodega as sufficient collateral.

• apothecary
• boutique

First attested in 1653. Borrowed from Spanish bodega.^[1] Doublet of botiga.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [buˈðɛ.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [boˈðɛ.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [boˈðe.ɣa]

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bodega f (plural bodegues)

1. (nautical) hold (the cargo area of a ship)

• bodeguer

• bodegó

• “bodega”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “bodega” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bodega” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Spanish bodega. Doublet of botika and botik.

• Hyphenation: bo‧de‧ga
• IPA^(key): /boˈdeɡa/ [boˈd̪i.ɡɐ]

bodega

1. a storeroom
2. a warehouse

From Spanish bodega, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē). Doublet of butik and apotek.

bodega c (singular definite bodegaen, plural indefinite bodegaer)

1. a bar (venue where alcohol is served), especially a dingy one

   Coordinate terms: beværtning, værtshus, kippe, pub, bar

2. a (Spanish-like) wine bar

   Coordinate term: vinbar

• “bodega” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Spanish bodega, from Latin apothēca (“storehouse”), from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Doublet of boetiek and apotheek.

• IPA^(key): /boːˈdeːɣaː/, /boːˈdeːɡaː/

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• Hyphenation: bo‧de‧ga

bodega f (plural bodega's, diminutive bodegaatje n)

1. bodega, winery, wine bar
2. bodega, storeroom, cellar

From Spanish bodega, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē).

bodéga

1. cellar, storeroom, warehouse

Inherited from Latin apothēca.

bodega f (plural bodegas)

1. wine cellar
   • c. 1250, Gonzalo de Berceo, Los Milagros de Nuestra Señora, (published by Claudio García Turza, 1992, Madrid: Espasa-Calpe):

     Entró enna bodega un día por ventura,
     bebió mucho del vino, esto fo sin mesura;
     embebdóse el loco, issió de su cordura,
     yogo hasta las viésperas sobre la tierra dura.

     He entered in the cellar one day by chance, and he drank a lot of the wine, this was without measure. The madman became drunk, and lost his sanity. He lay until vespers on the hard ground.

• Spanish: bodega

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Doublet of adega, apoteca, botica, and butique.

• Rhymes: -ɛɡɐ
• Hyphenation: bo‧de‧ga

bodega f (plural bodegas)

1. a small, cheap and possibly insalubrious tavern

   Synonym: baiuca

2. (Brazil) a small warehouse

   Synonyms: taberna, mercearia

3. anything considered worthless, useless or rather bad

• “bodega”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bodega”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “bodega”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026

• “bodega”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From Old Spanish bodega, inherited from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Compare the borrowed doublet apoteca, as well as botica and boutique, through a French intermediate.

• IPA^(key): /boˈdeɡa/ [boˈð̞e.ɣ̞a]

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• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Syllabification: bo‧de‧ga

bodega f (plural bodegas)

1. cellar
2. winery
3. stockroom, storeroom
4. (US) corner store owned by Hispanics
5. (Cuba) grocery store (typically owned by the government)
6. (nautical) hold (space in ship)
7. (Colombia, politics) troll farm^[1][2]

• bodega de carga (“cargo bay”) (especially for planes and spacecraft)

• → Catalan: bodega
• → Cebuano: bodega
• → Danish: bodega
• → Dutch: bodega
• → English: bodega
• → French: bodéga
• → German: Bodega
• → Hiligaynon: bodega
• → Tagalog: bodega

• “bodega”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

• budega

Borrowed from Spanish bodega, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Compare Tausug buriga. Doublet of botika.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /boˈdeɡa/ [boˈd̪ɛː.ɣɐ]
• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Syllabification: bo‧de‧ga

bodega (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜇᜒᜄ)

1. storeroom; warehouse

   Synonyms: kamalig, pintungan

2. (boxing) stomach

   Synonym: tiyan

• ibodega

• → Tausug: buriga