noun
taco
TA-koh
noun
1
A Mexican dish of a folded tortilla filled with ingredients such as meat, beans, cheese, or vegetables.
"We grabbed tacos from the truck outside the stadium."
"She piled extra salsa onto her taco."
How to Use Taco
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA folded or rolled tortilla filled with savory ingredients, a staple of Mexican cuisine.
Common pairings
fish taco
taco truck
taco night
soft-shell taco
Word Forms
tacoed past tense, tacos plural, tacos singular
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Etymology
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish taco, whose ultimate origin is debated.