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bottega

shop

noun bot-TEH-gah Rare
People & Society Work

Origin: Greek apotheke (storehouse), via Latin

Also means

workshop

Usage Note

Bottega can mean a small traditional shop, an artisan's workshop, or a craftsman's studio. La bottega del calzolaio is the shoemaker's shop; an artist's bottega is the workshop where apprentices trained under a master. The expression tenere bottega means to run a shop. The plural is botteghe (note the h to preserve the hard 'g' sound before e).

Examples

"La bottega del fornaio apre all'alba."

Natural Translation

The baker's shop opens at dawn.

Literal Translation

The workshop of-the baker opens at-the dawn.

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