No. 26 in my photo collection of signs of unique Spanish-language business names ending in –ería: HOJALATERÍA
In Spanish, "hoja" means "sheet" and "lata" means "can" (the metal food container) or simply "tin", so "hojalata" is a compound of these two words to indicate tinplate or tin-plated steel, and a "hojalatero/a" is a tinsmith. So, "hojalatería" is a tinsmith's shop or, in contemporary usage, an auto body repair shop, like this one in Mexico City.
June 2023 | Mexico City, Mexico
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