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解説 Definition
bodega は、特に米国の都市部で小さな食料品店や雑貨店を指す語です。スペイン語由来で、地域によってはワイン貯蔵庫や酒屋の意味もありますが、日常英語では近所の小さな店を指すことが多いです。
A bodega is a small neighborhood grocery or convenience store, especially in an urban area of the United States. In Spanish-speaking contexts, the same word may also refer to a wine cellar, winery, warehouse, or wine shop.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
bodega はスペイン語で酒蔵・貯蔵場所を表した語から、米国都市部の「近所の小さな食料品店」へ意味が広がりました。corner bodega、local bodega、buy milk at the bodega のように、牛乳・パン・軽食を夜遅くまで買える街角の店を思い浮かべると、boutique や大型 supermarket と区別できます。
Picture a small corner shop where neighborhood residents buy milk, bread, coffee, snacks, and newspapers, often late at night. That is the usual everyday American sense of bodega, especially in cities such as New York. The word came from Spanish, where it can refer to a storage place, wine cellar, winery, or shop, so the idea of goods being stored and sold connects its meanings. Learn the phrases corner bodega and local bodega. Unlike a supermarket, a bodega is typically small, convenient, and closely tied to its neighborhood.
例文
I bought milk and bread at the corner bodega.
角にあるボデガで牛乳とパンを買いました。
The bodega stays open late for people in the neighborhood.
そのボデガは近所の人たちのために夜遅くまで開いています。
A small bodega near the station sells coffee, snacks, and newspapers.
駅の近くの小さなボデガでは、コーヒーや軽食、新聞を売っています。
bodega の類義語・関連語
bodega の語源・成り立ち Etymology
スペイン語 bodega（酒蔵・小店）から英語に入った。語源はラテン語 apotheca（貯蔵庫）、さらにギリシャ語 apotheke（倉庫）に遡る。関連語：boutique（同根でフランス語経由）、apothecary（薬屋）。「貯蔵する場所」が酒蔵や食料品店の意味に発展した。
English borrowed bodega from Spanish, in which the word has referred to a cellar, warehouse, winery, wine shop, or small store. Spanish bodega developed from Latin apotheca, “storehouse,” ultimately from Greek apothēkē, “a place where something is put away.” The central historical idea is therefore storage. In urban American English, particularly through contact with Spanish-speaking communities, the word became a familiar term for a small neighborhood grocery or convenience store.
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