# tapas
## English
### Etymology 1

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), from Gothic *𐍄𐌰𐍀𐍀𐌰 (*tappa), from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug; tap”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p- (“to lose; to sacrifice”). Doublet of tap.

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtæpæs/, /-pəs/
* Audio (Received Pronunciation):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈtæpəs/, /ˈtɑː-/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Audio (Northern California):(file)
* Hyphenation: tap‧as

#### Noun

tapas pl (normally plural, singular tapa)
* 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.

##### Usage notes

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.

##### Hypernyms

* small plates

##### Coordinate terms

* pintxos

##### Derived terms

* tapaslike

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtæpæs/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈtæpəs/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* (India) IPA: /ˈθəpəs/
* Hyphenation: tap‧as

#### Noun

tapas (uncountable)
* (Hinduism, Jainism) (The practice of) asceticism and self-discipline.

##### Translations
### Etymology 3
#### Noun

tapas
* plural of tapa

### References

* ↑ “tapas, n.$^2$”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2019; “tapas, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* ↑ “tapas, n.$^1$”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2022.

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* ataps, pasta, patas

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Spanish tapas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑpɑs/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝pɑ̝s̠]
* Rhymes: -ɑpɑs
* Hyphenation: ta‧pas

### Noun

tapas
* An individual item of tapas; mostly used in plural.
    Mennään syömään tapaksia.Let's go and eat some tapas.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of tapas (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tapakseni
tapakseni
accusative
nom.
tapakseni
tapakseni
gen.
tapakseni
genitive
tapakseni
tapasteni tapaksieni
partitive
tapastani
tapaksiani
inessive
tapaksessani
tapaksissani
elative
tapaksestani
tapaksistani
illative
tapakseeni
tapaksiini
adessive
tapaksellani
tapaksillani
ablative
tapakseltani
tapaksiltani
allative
tapakselleni
tapaksilleni
essive
tapaksenani
tapaksinani
translative
tapaksekseni
tapaksikseni
abessive
tapaksettani
tapaksittani
instructive
comitative
—tapaksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tapaksesi
tapaksesi
accusative
nom.
tapaksesi
tapaksesi
gen.
tapaksesi
genitive
tapaksesi
tapastesi tapaksiesi
partitive
tapastasi
tapaksiasi
inessive
tapaksessasi
tapaksissasi
elative
tapaksestasi
tapaksistasi
illative
tapakseesi
tapaksiisi
adessive
tapaksellasi
tapaksillasi
ablative
tapakseltasi
tapaksiltasi
allative
tapaksellesi
tapaksillesi
essive
tapaksenasi
tapaksinasi
translative
tapakseksesi
tapaksiksesi
abessive
tapaksettasi
tapaksittasi
instructive
comitative
—tapaksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tapaksemme
tapaksemme
accusative
nom.
tapaksemme
tapaksemme
gen.
tapaksemme
genitive
tapaksemme
tapastemme tapaksiemme
partitive
tapastamme
tapaksiamme
inessive
tapaksessamme
tapaksissamme
elative
tapaksestamme
tapaksistamme
illative
tapakseemme
tapaksiimme
adessive
tapaksellamme
tapaksillamme
ablative
tapakseltamme
tapaksiltamme
allative
tapaksellemme
tapaksillemme
essive
tapaksenamme
tapaksinamme
translative
tapakseksemme
tapaksiksemme
abessive
tapaksettamme
tapaksittamme
instructive
comitative
—tapaksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tapaksenne
tapaksenne
accusative
nom.
tapaksenne
tapaksenne
gen.
tapaksenne
genitive
tapaksenne
tapastenne tapaksienne
partitive
tapastanne
tapaksianne
inessive
tapaksessanne
tapaksissanne
elative
tapaksestanne
tapaksistanne
illative
tapakseenne
tapaksiinne
adessive
tapaksellanne
tapaksillanne
ablative
tapakseltanne
tapaksiltanne
allative
tapaksellenne
tapaksillenne
essive
tapaksenanne
tapaksinanne
translative
tapakseksenne
tapaksiksenne
abessive
tapaksettanne
tapaksittanne
instructive
comitative
—tapaksinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tapaksensa
tapaksensa
accusative
nom.
tapaksensa
tapaksensa
gen.
tapaksensa
genitive
tapaksensa
tapastensa tapaksiensa
partitive
tapastaan tapastansa
tapaksiaan tapaksiansa
inessive
tapaksessaan tapaksessansa
tapaksissaan tapaksissansa
elative
tapaksestaan tapaksestansa
tapaksistaan tapaksistansa
illative
tapakseensa
tapaksiinsa
adessive
tapaksellaan tapaksellansa
tapaksillaan tapaksillansa
ablative
tapakseltaan tapakseltansa
tapaksiltaan tapaksiltansa
allative
tapakselleen tapaksellensa
tapaksilleen tapaksillensa
essive
tapaksenaan tapaksenansa
tapaksinaan tapaksinansa
translative
tapaksekseen tapakseksensa
tapaksikseen tapaksiksensa
abessive
tapaksettaan tapaksettansa
tapaksittaan tapaksittansa
instructive
comitative
—tapaksineen tapaksinensa :

### Further reading

* “tapas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* Tapsa, pasta

## French
### Verb

tapas
* second-person singular past historic of taper

## Galician
### Verb

tapas
* second-person singular present indicative of tapar

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtapas/
* Hyphenation: ta‧pas

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

tapas (uncountable)
* coir for washing kitchen utensils, made of coarse-textured synthetic fibers

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

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

### Further reading

* “tapas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Portuguese
### Verb

tapas
* second-person singular present indicative of tapar

## Spanish
### Noun

tapas f pl
* plural of tapa

### Verb

tapas
* second-person singular present indicative of tapar

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tapas.

### Noun

tapas c pl
* tapas
    Vi gick till tapasrestaurangenWe went to the tapas restaurant

#### Declension
### References

* tapas in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* tapas in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

tapas (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜐ᜔)
* act of dehusking a coconut (usually with a sharp bolo)
    Synonyms: talop, pagtapas, pagtatapas
* act of cutting off the top evenly (of a tree)
    Synonyms: palas, pagpalas

##### Derived terms

* pagtapas
* pagtatapas
* tapasan
* tapasin

#### Adjective

tapás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜐ᜔)
* lopped or cut off evenly
    Synonym: palas

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

tapás (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜉᜐ᜔)
* a kind of typical river fish

### Anagrams

* patas, sapat, tsapa