sándwich
Galician
Etymology
Noun
sándwich m (plural sándwiches)
- a sandwich only made with sandwich bread
Usage notes
- A bocadillo tends to refer to a sandwich made with a baguette or any type of bread, while sándwich only refers to a sandwich made with sandwich bread.
Derived terms
Spanish
Alternative forms
- sánduche (Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia)
- sánguche (Peru, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile)
Etymology
Borrowed from English sandwich.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsandwit͡ʃ/ [ˈsãn̪d̪.wit͡ʃ]
- IPA(key): /ˈsanɡwit͡ʃ/ [ˈsãŋ.ɡwit͡ʃ]
- IPA(key): /ˈsandwit͡ʃ/ [ˈsãn̪.d̪wit͡ʃ]
- IPA(key): /ˈsandw̝it͡ʃ/ [ˈsãn̪d̪.w̝it͡ʃ]
- Syllabification: sánd‧wich
Noun
sándwich m (plural sándwiches)
- sandwich
- Synonyms: emparedado, bocadillo
- (Spain, Mexico, Guatemala) a sandwich only made with sandwich bread
- (Chile) long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred
- Synonym: puente
Usage notes
- A bocadillo and bocata in Spain, and torta in Mexico tends to refer to a sandwich made with a baguette and any of bread, while sándwich only refers to a sandwich made with sandwich bread.[1]
Derived terms
References
- ^ “bocadillo en España, sándwich en América”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 14 October 2018 (last accessed), archived from the original on 15 October 2018
Further reading
- “sándwich”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024