Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

tapas

English translation:

tapas

Added to glossary by Dan_Brennan
Aug 30, 2002 10:05
22 yrs ago
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Spanish term

tapas

Non-PRO Spanish to English Other
chorizito en las tapas...

Proposed translations

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tapas (remains the same in English)

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"Easy Tapas

The Spanish hams, sausages and cheeses becoming available abroad in an ever-widening range make easy tapas.

Walk into a Spanish tapas bar worthy of its name and the first thing that hits you is the variety: Pickles on cocktail sticks, cheeses and hams, homely omelettes, baby earthenware casseroles with sizzling hot dishes and elegant mayonnaise-topped mouthfuls. It's the chance to dip into so many tastes, as well as the visual spread of tapas that make them universally appealing.

But behind the apparently bewildering variety are certain clear principles. Originally a mouthful of food included in the bar-price of a fino, wine or beer, a tapa is designed to accompany drink and good conversation. Or as journalist Pedro Soleras put it in the newspaper El País last year, "The tapa, invented in an age less obsessed with productivity, is a trick for spinning out your drinks without getting drunk". And whether thirst provoking or absorbent, they should be easy to eat so they don't interrupt the flow of conversation.

Another point is clear too. Even though they are now to be found in homes and smart restaurants, tapas have kept an informal spirit through their popular origins as street-food. So don't hold back. There's always room for improvisation around the ingredients that come to hand and the cook's personality. Treat the recipes below simply as a springboard for your own ideas..."

Buena suerte y saludos cordiales del Oso ¶:^)
Peer comment(s):

agree Sara Noss : Is it time for lunch yet?
2 mins
Por aquí (CA, U.S.A) son las 3 a.m. ¡¡¡así que más bien es hora de irse a dormir!!! ¶:^)))) ¡Gracias Babayaga! ¶:^))
agree Russell Gillis
4 mins
¡Hola Russ! ¡Muchas gracias! ¶:^)))
agree Dan_Brennan : make mine a plate of patatas bravas and a portion of calamares
4 mins
Man, you're hungry!! ¡Ahora mismo las ordenamos! Gracias Dan ¶:^)))
agree Nikki Graham
4 mins
Hola Nikki, ¿Cuál tipo de tapa prefieres ordenar? ¶:^))) (el oso invita, of course)
agree jerrie
5 mins
Muchas gracias jerrie, ¿Y tú cuál tapa ordenas? ¶:^)))
agree Maria Luísa Jacquinet
7 mins
Hola luisaj, ¡Mil gracias! ¿Tu tapa? ¶:^))
agree LoreAC (X)
18 mins
Muchas gracias Lore ¶:^))
agree A. Deb
25 mins
Grazie mille Ana ¶:^))
agree MPTierno : una de pulpo a la gallega ;-)
32 mins
¡Guau! ¿La compartimos? ¡Gracias MP! ¶:^))
agree Sheila Hardie
33 mins
Gracias mil Sheila ¶:^))
agree MJ Barber : uuuuna de brrraaaaavasssss, marrrchannndo.
56 mins
Mmmmm ¡qué rico! ¿puedo probarla? ¡Gracias MJ! ¶:^))))
agree Lavinia Pirlog
56 mins
Hola pajarito, ¿Gustas tapas? ¶:^))
agree Intergraf
1 hr
Muchas gracias Intergraf ¶:^)))
agree Swami : Helloooooo Mr. Walking Bear! Of course, it never helps to explain in parentheses just what a Tapa is (you know it could be a jar lid!)
2 hrs
Hiya pal!!! ¶:^))) Tienes toda la razón ¶:^))))
agree Herman Vilella : in parenthesis: (Spanish bartop hors-de-ouvres)
4 hrs
Mil gracias Herman ¶:^)))
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1 hr

snack/appetizer

...if you want, but Tapas (above) is just fine.
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1 hr

NB - to asker - it is ONLY used in the plural in English -

I've amended the glossary accordingly
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