Weird Word: Tapas
by Nojh on Oct.19, 2012, under Articles, Weird Words, Writing
Tapas
Noun
- Variety of Spanish small food items or snacks originally served with sherry.
- Small food items generally.
Used in a sentence:
- The main dish was so meager it might as well been tapas.
Source: Wiktionary
Commentary:
I don’t think I’ve ever eaten tapas but I certainly have heard of the word before. I knew it was a Spanish dish. What I was surprised to learn was that it had an English meaning was well. Small food! I will now be calling all small food I eat tapas. More than likely. Just to confuse my Hispanic friends. Also one thing to note, this is a plural noun. Which means a single piece of a group of small food is called a tapa!
