quesadilla
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish quesadilla.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌkeɪ̯səˈdiː(l)jə/, [ˌkʰeɪ̯səˈdiːl(j)ə], /ˌkeɪ̯səˈdiːə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) enPR: kāsədē′ə, IPA(key): /ˌkeɪ̯səˈdi(j)ə/, [ˌkʰeɪ̯səˈdi(j)ə]
- Rhymes: -iːə
Noun edit
quesadilla (plural quesadillas)
- A Mexican dish made by filling a tortilla with cheese and sometimes other ingredients and then cooking it until the cheese is melted.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Mexican dish
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From quesada + -illa, in turn from queso + -ada (compare the development of frijolada, mariscada).[1] One folk etymology more directly derives the word from a portmanteau of queso and tortilla.
Pronunciation edit
- Syllabification: que‧sa‧di‧lla
Noun edit
quesadilla f (plural quesadillas)
- quesadilla
- (El Salvador) a type of pan dulce made with rice flour and queso duro blanco and topped with sesame seeds, known elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world as a quesadilla salvadoreña
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: quesadilla
See also edit
References edit
- ^ “quesadilla, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022.
Further reading edit
- “quesadilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014