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Bocatas

English translation: Baguette sandwich

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Spanish term or phrase:Bocata (colloquial term for "bocadillo")
English translation:Baguette sandwich
Entered by: Horticulturist

02:08 Mar 5, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Nutrition
Spanish term or phrase: Bocatas
As a heading for a Tapas Bar menu
Neozelatino
Local time: 16:58
Baguette sandwich
Explanation:
Para los EEUU, esta es la opción más común.

Una búqueda en google da muchos resultados.
http://www.finedinings.com/baguette_sandwich_with_balsamic_....

Sólo "baguette" normalmente se refiere nada más que al tipo de pan. Y sólo sandwich puede dar a confusión, pues el pan es muy diferente. No tiene que ver con el tamaño (hay bocatas enormes y también muy pequenos, que llamamos pulgas). Tampoco la palabra viene del italiano (una búsqueda en google.it sólo da resultados españoles). Es común en españa utilizar el sufijo -ata para formas coloquiales. El hecho de verlo escrito a veces con dos tes es simplemente porque algunos restaurantes y cadenas de comida rápida creen que así "vende" más.
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Horticulturist
Spain
Local time: 00:58
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4sandwich (a type of)
mariana24
4 +3Baguette sandwich
Horticulturist
5 +1Baguettes
margaret caulfield
4Appetizer bites
Ruth Rubina
3Tiny Sandwiches
Deborah Adeogba


Discussion entries: 8





  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
sandwich (a type of)


Explanation:
From Italian "bocatta", it's a sandwich. See the pictures! Suerte.


    Reference: http://images.google.com.uy/images?hl=es&rlz=1T4GGLJ_esUY241...
mariana24
Uruguay
Local time: 19:58
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vladimir Martinez: Agree!
15 mins
  -> ¡Gracias, Vladimir!
agree  Anne Smith Campbell: I've heard of it being a "baguette sandwich/french bread sandwich",... but then again it may be another kind of bread "sandwich"!
31 mins
  -> Thank you Anne. I know what you mean. Many of us probably know it is not the typical sandwich, that is why I put the link to the pictures. But...it's still a "sandwich"...type of...
agree  franglish
5 hrs
  -> Gracias, franglish.
agree  Ruth Rubina: Appetizers bites
11 hrs
  -> Gracias, Ruth.
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Tiny Sandwiches


Explanation:
Bocadillos means "sandwich" in Spanish. Bocatas are little sandwiches.


    Reference: http://www.chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2005/06/el_boca...
Deborah Adeogba
Local time: 17:58
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Baguettes


Explanation:
At least in Spain, "bocatas" are not sandwisces. They are made with small, medium or large-sized baguettes with ham, cheese, chorizo.... filling.

margaret caulfield
Local time: 00:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Diane Kenyon
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Dekken
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Baguette sandwich


Explanation:
Para los EEUU, esta es la opción más común.

Una búqueda en google da muchos resultados.
http://www.finedinings.com/baguette_sandwich_with_balsamic_....

Sólo "baguette" normalmente se refiere nada más que al tipo de pan. Y sólo sandwich puede dar a confusión, pues el pan es muy diferente. No tiene que ver con el tamaño (hay bocatas enormes y también muy pequenos, que llamamos pulgas). Tampoco la palabra viene del italiano (una búsqueda en google.it sólo da resultados españoles). Es común en españa utilizar el sufijo -ata para formas coloquiales. El hecho de verlo escrito a veces con dos tes es simplemente porque algunos restaurantes y cadenas de comida rápida creen que así "vende" más.

Horticulturist
Spain
Local time: 00:58
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: I added "small" because they are tapas and very small portions.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
1 hr
  -> Gracias
agree  Diane Kenyon
1 hr
  -> Gracias
agree  Mat_Young: Este término, al igual que otros como cubata o drogata, son inventos del dibujante español "Forges".
108 days
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Appetizer bites


Explanation:
babilon explains:
Bocata:
snack, small amount of food or drink eaten between regular meals
So in a menu a small amountt of food will be an appetizer or side



Ruth Rubina
United States
Local time: 18:58
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew, Native in SpanishSpanish
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