bota
Americannoun
PLURAL
botas-
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
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a wine barrel of Spain holding 500 liters (132 U.S. gallons).
Etymology
Origin of bota
First recorded in 1725–30; from Spanish, from Late Latin butta, buttis “cask, barrel”; butt 4
Example Sentences
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Like Jake before us, we step out of the bodega to find a shop that sells wine botas.
From Salon
“Kids are now wearing their botas to school or their tejanas and starched jeans.”
From Los Angeles Times
Calibre 50’s “Corrido de Juanito” plays on the TV, a sorrowful song rich with accordion about not being able to return to Mexico but still wearing a tejana and botas in the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times
But can Hollywood finally give us the botas?
From Los Angeles Times
“The art is Little Mr. E with a cowboy hat, some botas and he’s a paletero man, walking his cart,” the creator says.
From Los Angeles Times
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