tapa
Meanings
Noun
1. lid, cap (the top or cover of a container)
2. the bottom of a shoe's heel
3. cover (the front and back of a book)
4. sluicegate
5. flank (a cut of meat from the flank of a cow)
6. tapa, appetizer (small portion of food)
7. dough for making empanadas (Paraguay, Rioplatense)
8. salted slices of dried or cured meat in Filipino cuisine (usually beef) (Philippines)
Examples27
No puedo quitar la tapa.
I cannot get the lid off.
No tenemos tapa para una caja tan grande.
We haven't any lid for a box that big.
No se puede juzgar un libro por la tapa.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
¿Tiene tapas?
Have you got small portions?
La tapa está cerrada.
The lid is closed.
La tapa no encaja bien.
The cover doesn't fit well.