different between tapas vs portion

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?tæp.æs/, /?tæp.?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?tæp.?s/, /?t??p.?s/

Noun

tapas (uncountable)

1. A variety of Spanish small food items or snacks, originally served with sherry.

Synonyms

• small plate, small plates (see small plates)

Translations

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit ??? (tap, “to heat”).

Noun

tapas (uncountable)

1. Various austere spiritual practices in Indian religions, such as asceticism and self-discipline.

Anagrams

• ataps, pasta, patas

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish tapas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?p?s/, [?t??p?s?]
• Rhymes: -?p?s
• Syllabification: ta?pas

Noun

tapas

1. An individual item of tapas; mostly used in plural.

   Mennään syömään tapaksia.

   Let's go and eat some tapas.

Declension

Anagrams

• Tapsa, pasta

French

Verb

tapas

1. second-person singular past historic of taper

Portuguese

Verb

tapas

1. second-person singular (tu) present indicative of tapar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tapas/, [?t?a.pas]

Noun

tapas f pl

1. plural of tapa
2. (Argentina) Dough for making empanadas (pastries).

Verb

tapas

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of tapar.

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Noun

tapas

1. act of cutting or lopping evenly the top, as of a tree
2. act or manner of cutting off the husk of a coconut fruit with a sharp bolo; dehusking of coconut

Synonyms

• (cutting the top): palas, pagpalas
• (dehusking of coconut): pagtapas, pagtatapas

Adjective

tapás

1. lopped or cut off evenly

Synonyms

• palas

Etymology 2

Noun

tapás

1. typical river fish

English

Etymology

From Middle English porcioun, borrowed from Old French porcion, from Latin portio (“a share, part, portion, relation, proportion”), akin to pars (“part”); see part. Compare proportion.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p????n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p????n/
• (Scotland, Ireland, other varieties without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?po????n/, /?po????n/, /?po???n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)??n

Noun

portion (plural portions)

1. An allocated amount.
2. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
3. One's fate; lot.
   • Man's portion is to die and rise again.

4. The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
5. A wife's fortune; a dowry.
   • 1613, William Shakespeare, The Two Noble Kinsmen, V. iv. 31:

     Commend me to her, and to piece her portion / Tender her this.

Usage notes

Relatively formal, compared to the more informal part or more concrete and casual piece. For example, “part of the money” (both informal) but “portion of the proceeds” (both formal).

Synonyms

• part
• piece

Derived terms

• portionless
• proportion
• underportion

Translations

Verb

portion (third-person singular simple present portions, present participle portioning, simple past and past participle portioned)

1. (transitive) To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
2. (transitive) To endow with a portion or inheritance.
   • 1733, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Bathurst

     Him portioned maids, apprenticed orphans, blest.

Translations

Usage notes

• Particularly used as portion out.
• Relatively formal, compared to the more informal divide, divide up, or the casual divvy, divvy up.

Synonyms

• apportion
• divide, divide up
• divvy, divvy up

Derived terms

• portion off
• portion out

Further reading

• portion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• portion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin portionem (accusative singular of portio).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.sj??/

Noun

portion f (plural portions)

1. portion

Descendants

• ? Turkish: porsiyon

Further reading

• “portion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• potiron

Interlingua

Noun

portion (plural portiones)

1. portion

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

portion c

1. serving, an helping of food

Declension

Related terms

• portionera