pulpería

general store

noun pool-peh-REE-ah Rare

Also means

tavern (historical, Latin America)

Usage Note

Pulpería was the name for the general store and tavern that served rural communities across colonial and 19th-century Latin America, especially in Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile. Today the word is largely historical or literary, evoking the gaucho era. Pulpero is the storekeeper. The term is rarely used for a modern shop.

Examples

"Los gauchos se reunían en la pulpería del pueblo."

Natural Translation

The gauchos gathered at the village general store.

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