nachos
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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
Noun[edit]
nachos
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nachos (uncountable)
- Alternative form of naches
References[edit]
- ^ Adriana P. Orr (1999 July) “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
Noun[edit]
nachos
Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
nachos m pl
Noun[edit]
nachos m pl
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- Rhymes:English/ɑtʃoʊz
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English pluralia tantum
- English non-lemma forms
- English noun forms
- English uncountable nouns
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- en:Foods
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- Rhymes:Polish/at͡ʂɔs
- Rhymes:Polish/at͡ʂɔs/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
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- Polish indeclinable nouns
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- pl:Snacks
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