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A feast of small plates to enjoy at the bar

Let’s explore 'Tapas', Spain's iconic culinary culture. Learn about the Spanish socializing culture of moving from bar to bar while sharing small plates of food, along with related vocabulary.

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Las tapas son una parte muy importante de la cultura española.

Tapas are a very important part of Spanish culture.

tapas· tapas (Spanish appetizer or snack)son· to beparte· part, portionmuy· veryimportante· importantcultura· cultureespañola· Spanish
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Son pequeñas porciones de comida que se sirven en los bares.

They are small portions of food served in bars.

son· to bepequeñas· small, littleporciones· portion, serving, sharecomida· food, mealse· oneself (reflexive/passive/impersonal pronoun)sirven· to servebares· bar, pub
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A los españoles les encanta "ir de tapas" con sus amigos.

Spaniards love to "go for tapas" with their friends.

españoles· Spanishles· to them, to you all (indirect object pronoun)encanta· to love, to enchantir· to gotapas· tapas (Spanish appetizer or snack)sus· their, your (possessive adjective)amigos· friend
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Normalmente, no se quedan en un solo lugar.

Normally, they do not stay in just one place.

Normalmente· normally, usuallyno· no, notse· oneself (reflexive/passive/impersonal pronoun)quedan· to stay, to remainsolo· single, onlylugar· place, location
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Comen una tapa, beben algo y van a otro bar.

They eat a tapa, drink something, and go to another bar.

Comen· to eattapa· tapas (Spanish appetizer or snack)beben· to drinkalgo· something, anythingvan· to gootro· other, anotherbar· bar, pub
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En los bares, hay un ambiente muy animado y ruidoso.

In the bars, there is a very lively and noisy atmosphere.

bares· bar, pubhay· to have (auxiliary verb)ambiente· atmosphere, environmentmuy· veryanimado· lively, animatedruidoso· noisy, loud
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Hay muchas tapas deliciosas, como la tortilla de patatas o el jamón.

There are many delicious tapas, such as Spanish omelet or jamón.

Hay· to have (auxiliary verb)muchas· many, muchtapas· tapas (Spanish appetizer or snack)deliciosas· deliciouscomo· like, astortilla· tortilla (Spanish omelette)patatas· potatojamón· ham (Spanish cured ham)
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Es una forma perfecta de socializar y hablar mucho.

It is a perfect way to socialize and talk a lot.

Es· to beforma· way, manner, formperfecta· perfectsocializar· to socializehablar· to speakmucho· many, much
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Para los españoles, la comida no consiste solo en comer.

For Spaniards, food is not just about eating.

españoles· Spanishcomida· food, mealno· no, notconsiste· to consistsolo· single, onlycomer· to eat
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Compartir la comida es compartir la amistad y la vida.

Sharing food is sharing friendship and life.

Compartir· to sharecomida· food, meales· to beamistad· friendshipvida· life