Crossword answer · 5 letters
Tapas definition and meaning
TAH-pahs · plural noun
TAPAS
What does Tapas mean?
Tapas are small portions of food served in Spanish eating traditions, often as snacks or shared dishes.
What does TAPAS mean in a crossword?
TAPAS answers the reviewed clue “Spanish nibbles.” Cuisine and small portions identify a familiar Spanish food category.
Why is TAPAS useful to learn?
The word names a style of serving many possible foods, not one fixed recipe. A tapas menu can include different ingredients and preparations.
Common clue patterns
- Small Spanish dishes
- Shared Spanish snacks
- Plural of tapa
These are editorially written pattern summaries, not a reproduced puzzle archive.
Other meanings to watch
TAPA is singular and TAPAS is plural. Not every small dish from any cuisine is automatically called tapas; the Spanish context matters.