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tapa

Pronunciation: [ˈta.pə]

“tapa” is a Catalan word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. lid, top, cover
  2. cover (of a book)
  3. heelplate (reinforcing piece on the heel of a shoe)
  4. tapa (appetizer)

In Catalan

  1. Peça d'un recipient o envàs que serveix per tancar o segellar i evitar que el contingut del recipient es vessi o s'espargeixi.
  2. Mos o aperitiu servit en petites racions.

Etymology

From Gothic *tappa, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”). Doublet of tap.

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