nachos
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
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.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnætʃəʊz/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɑt͡ʃoʊz/
- Rhymes: (General American) -ɑtʃoʊz
Noun edit
nachos pl (plural only)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
dish
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nachos
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nachos (uncountable)
- Alternative form of naches
References edit
- ^ Adriana P. Orr (July 1999), “Nachos, anyone?”, in Oxford English Dictionary[1], archived from the original on 2006-02-15:
- And to add to the satisfaction, we have recently […] been able to verify a quotation from that elusive 1954 St Anne's Cookbook which confirms the existence of Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Anaya, gives the Victory Club as the place in which he invented his ‘nacho specials’, and provides his own original recipe.
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Noun edit
nachos m pl (plural only)
Polish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Mexican Spanish nachos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nachos m inan (indeclinable)
Declension edit
Indeclinable
or:
Declension of nachos
Further reading edit
- nachos in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: na‧chos
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nachos
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Adjective edit
nachos m pl
Noun edit
nachos m pl