nachos

nachos

English

Etymology 1

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.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnætʃəʊz/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɑt͡ʃoʊz/, /nɑt͡ʃɒs /
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: (General American) -ɑtʃoʊz

Noun

nachos pl (normally plural, singular nacho)

  1. A Mexican dish of tortilla chips, covered in melted cheese and sometimes other ingredients.
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

nachos

  1. plural of nacho

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

nachos (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of naches.

References

  1. ^ Adriana P. Orr (July 1999), “Nachos, anyone?”, in Oxford English Dictionary‎[1], archived from the original on 15 February 2006:
    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

French

Noun

nachos

  1. plural of nacho

Italian

Noun

nachos m pl (plural only)

  1. nachos

Polish

Alternative forms

  • naczos

Etymology

Etymology tree
Mexican Spanish nachosubor.
Polish nachos

    Unadapted borrowing from Mexican Spanish nachos.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈna.t͡ʂɔs/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -at͡ʂɔs
    • Syllabification: na‧chos

    Noun

    nachos m inan (indeclinable)

    1. nacho

    Declension

    Indeclinable

    or:

    Declension of nachos
    singular plural
    nominative nachos nachosy
    genitive nachosa nachosów
    dative nachosowi nachosom
    accusative nachosa nachosy
    instrumental nachosem nachosami
    locative nachosie nachosach
    vocative nachosie nachosy

    Further reading

    • “nachos”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)

    Portuguese

    Pronunciation

     
     

    • Hyphenation: na‧chos

    Noun

    nachos

    1. plural of nacho

    Spanish

    Adjective

    nachos m pl

    1. masculine plural of nacho

    Noun

    nachos m pl

    1. plural of nacho
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