tapas

From Spanish tapas, the plural of tapa (“appetizer, tapa; cap, lid (cover of a container)”) (from the fact that plates of tapas were originally placed on the tops of glasses of alcoholic beverages as lids),^[1] from Gothic *𐍄𐌰𐍀𐍀𐌰 (*tappa), from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug; tap”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p- (“to lose; to sacrifice”). Doublet of tap.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtæpæs/, /-pəs/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtæpəs/, /ˈtɑː-/

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• Hyphenation: tap‧as

tapas pl (normally plural, singular tapa)

1. A variety of Spanish small savoury food items or snacks such as croquettes, cured meat, potato salad, and seafood, originally served with sherry and now often with other alcoholic beverages as well.
   • 1986, Jeff Smith, “The Tapas Buffet (Spain)”, in The Frugal Gourmet Cooks with Wine, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, →ISBN, page 88:

     The snacks are called tapas because in the old days a piece of toast was served, too, so that you might have a "top" on your glass of sherry, a lid that would prevent the flies from getting into the glass.

   • 2013, Joyce Goldstein, “Introduction”, in Tapas: Sensational Small Plates from Spain, San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 8:

     Most food scholars agree that the tapas tradition originated in the wine-growing regions of Andalusia, eventually spreading throughout the country. The Moors (Muslim Arabs), who dominated Spain from the beginning of the eighth century until the end of the fifteenth century, settled in the same area, and their meze tradition undoubtedly had an influence on the rise of the tapa.

Tapas takes plural agreement when parsed as a group of small dishes, or singular agreement when parsed as a single order or set dish. Thus one can say:

Tapas are so tasty.

The Spanish restaurant’s tapas is so tasty.

• small plates

• pintxos

• tapaslike

From Sanskrit तप् (tap, “heat; to be hot”),^[2] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“to be warm or hot”). Related to tepid.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtæpæs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtæpəs/

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• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈθəpəs/
• Hyphenation: tap‧as

tapas (uncountable)

1. (Hinduism, Jainism) (The practice of) asceticism and self-discipline.

From tapa + -s.

tapas

1. plural of tapa

• tapas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• tapas (Indian religions) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• ataps, pasta, patas

From Spanish tapas.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑpɑs/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝pɑ̝s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑpɑs
• Syllabification^(key): ta‧pas
• Hyphenation^(key): ta‧pas

tapas

1. An individual item of tapas; mostly used in plural.

   Mennään syömään tapaksia.

   Let's go and eat some tapas.

• “tapas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• Tapsa, pasta

tapas

1. second-person singular past historic of taper

tapas

1. second-person singular present indicative of tapar

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtapas/ [ˈt̪a.pas]
• Rhymes: -apas
• Syllabification: ta‧pas

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tapas (plural tapas-tapas)

1. coir for washing kitchen utensils, made of coarse-textured synthetic fibers

From English tapas, from Spanish tapas, plural of tapa, with original sense of “top”.

tapas (plural tapas-tapas)

1. (cooking) tapas: a variety of Spanish small food items or snacks, originally served with sherry

• “tapas”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

tapas

1. second-person singular present indicative of tapar

tapas f pl

1. plural of tapa

tapas

1. second-person singular present indicative of tapar

Borrowed from Spanish tapas.

tapas c pl

1. tapas

   Vi gick till tapasrestaurangen

   We went to the tapas restaurant

• “tapas”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “tapas”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtapas/ [ˈt̪aː.pɐs] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -apas
  • IPA^(key): /taˈpas/ [t̪ɐˈpas] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: ta‧pas

tapas (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜐ᜔)

1. act of dehusking a coconut (usually with a sharp bolo)

   Synonyms: talop, pagtapas, pagtatapas

2. act of cutting off the top evenly (of a tree)

   Synonyms: palas, pagpalas

tapás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜐ᜔)

1. lopped or cut off evenly

   Synonym: palas

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈpas/ [t̪ɐˈpas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: ta‧pas

tapás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜐ᜔)

1. a kind of typical river fish

• patas, sapat, tsapa