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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. 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. 1

    Also a form of nachoplural of nacho

noun

  1. 1

    Variant of nachesAlternative form of naches.

Forms

singular
nacho
The neighbouring pagesAlphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.

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