An important element of Spanish culture is eating tapas. They refer to a wide range of snacks prepared with various ingredients eaten with drinks.

The Spanish eat them between main meals. In international circumstances, they are very common as party and finger food.

Tapas bars are very common in Spain, where you will get some sorts of tapas most of the time free if you order a drink.

Since these snacks are an important element of Spanish culture, it has its own jargon. There are some specific words you should be aware

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The tamborrada is a festival which is celebrated every year on January 20 in San Sebastián (Spain). It is also called “Tamborrada de Donostia San Sebastián”.

More specifically, it is a drum festival. Adults march around the city playing drums, this is called

tamborrada adultos

Children have their own version too, which is called

tamborrada infantil

The word tamborrada is feminine, so it is la tamborrada and it stems from the word tambor which means drum in Spanish.

(el) tambor: drum tambor major: major drum tambor/-a: drummer

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