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tienda

American  
[tee-en-duh] / tiˈɛn də /

noun

  • tiendas
    plural
  1. Southwestern U.S.. a shop, booth, or stall; small store.


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Growing up in Wenatchee, a small city in Washington state known as “the Apple Capital of the World,” I knew the importance of remittances from weekly trips to the tienda mexicana.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 26, 2024

On the northwest corner, a Mexican bakery selling cookies, pastries and breads sits next to a Mexican-style tienda selling ice-cold slushies known as raspados in flavors like mango and tamarind.

From Seattle Times Aug. 25, 2016

TRD, appropriately enough, stands for tienda recaudacion en divisas -- literally, "store to rake in the dollars."

From Time Magazine Archive

They did, opening Latin America's first tienda de descuento in Mexico City.

From Time Magazine Archive

Calling to the keeper of the tienda, who had appeared at his door in time to witness the Danae-like shower, he bade him approach, in English.

From Maruja by Bret Harte

I visited a mosque and an old church, several tiendas, a shopping mall, a soul food joint and several homes.

From New York Times Apr. 18, 2022

They relax and shop on a stretch of Atlanta highway that can feel closer to Michoacán than Macon, with tiendas and restaurants offering hyper-regionalized tastes of home.

From New York Times Jan. 29, 2021

As are those random tiendas at the center of commerce on Sunset Avenue which close every other week, only to be replaced by a new coffee shop.

From The Guardian Aug. 23, 2015

Instead of tiendas and almacenes and fondas, you have fancy repositories, regimental shoe-shops, and porter-houses.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by John Augustus O'Shea

We passed several villages and tiendas on the banks in which food was exposed for sale.

From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Austin Craig

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