nachos
nounnounnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈnætʃəʊz//
- United States//ˈnɑt͡ʃoʊz//
- United States//nɑt͡ʃɒs //
- //ˈnɑxəs//
A Mexican dish of tortilla chips, covered in melted cheese and sometimes other ingredients.
noun
- 1
A Mexican dish of tortilla chips, covered in melted cheese and sometimes other ingredients.
Etymology
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish nachos, from Nacho. Nacho is a common diminutive form of Ignacio (“Ignatius”) in Spanish. The Mexican creator of the dish, Ignacio Anaya (1895–1975), named it after himself in 1943: Nacho's Especiales.
noun
- 1
Also a form of nachoplural of nacho
noun
- 1
Variant of nachesAlternative form of naches.
Forms
- singular
- nacho
na-na · The vulva.nab · To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or…nacho · A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.
nachos · A Mexican dish of tortilla chips, covered in melted cheese and sometimes other ingredients.
nada · Nothing.Nadia · A female given name from Russian used since the twentieth…Nadine · A female given name from French, a French diminutive form of…