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• fonda
  fonda

  noun

  an inn or restaurant.
• Fonda
  Fonda

  noun

  Henry, 1905–82, U.S. actor.

fonda

¹ American  

[fawn-dah, fon-duh] / ˈfɔn dɑ, ˈfɒn də /

noun

Spanish.

fondas plural

1. an inn or restaurant.

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Fonda ² American  

[fon-duh] / ˈfɒn də /

noun

1. Henry, 1905–82, U.S. actor.

2. his daughter Jane, born 1937, U.S. actress.

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Fonda British  

/ ˈfɒndə /

noun

1. Henry . 1905–82, US film actor. His many films include Young Mr Lincoln (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Twelve Angry Men (1957), and On Golden Pond (1981) for which he won an Oscar

2. his daughter Jane . born 1937, US film actress. Her films include Klute (1971) for which she won an Oscar, Julia (1977), The China Syndrome (1979), On Golden Pond (1981), and Old Gringo (1989)

3. her brother, Peter . born 1939, US film actor, who made his name in Easy Rider (1969); later films include Ulee's Gold (1997) and 3:10 to Yuma (2007)

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Inflected Forms

noun

• fondas
  plural

Example Sentences

The term has been usurped by chefs and restaurateurs in Mexico, but DC Corazon is the genuine article: a fonda that channels the many tastes of the family that owns it.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022

Like the thousands of other fonda operators in CDMX, the economic structure of a comida corrida demands selling as many meals as possible, as cheaply as possible.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2021

You’ve probably only tasted mole de olla if your mother or grandmother happens to be from Puebla or you’ve had the pleasure of visiting Puebla and eating it in a fonda there.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2018

A fonda is like a bistro or trattoria – homey, intimate, a family affair.

From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2016

We were back at the fonda taking tea when a sound of chanting voices in the street beneath drew us to the windows in time to see a religious procession passing slowly beneath.

From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart