tienda

noun

tien·​da

tēˈendə

plural -s

chiefly Southwest

: a booth or shop where goods are sold : store

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, tent, awning, shop, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin tenda, alteration of Latin tenta, feminine of tentus, past participle of tendere to stretch

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