huarache
/wəˈrɑːtʃi/
huarache noun: a Mexican sandal.
Noun
huarache (plural huaraches)
- A Mexican sandal.
- My shoes, damn fool that I am, were Mexican huaraches, plantlike sieves not fit for the rainy night of America and the raw road night.1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 2, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC, part 1
- The huaraches he wore looked like dried and blackened fish lashed to the floors of his feet.1985, Cormac McCarthy, chapter VIII, in Blood Meridian […] , →OCLC
- A food similar in shape to such a sandal, consisting of a fried masa dough base with a topping, typically salsa, potato, meat, or cheese.
- They’re then ground into a homogeneous dough that holds whatever shape you choose to give it: thin circles for tortillas, thicker ones for gorditas and sopes, plump ovals for huaraches and triangles for black-bean stuffed tetelas.2023 July 7, Rick A. Martínez, “For the Best Tortillas (and Gorditas and Tetelas), You Need Fresh Masa”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2023
Forms of huarache
| plural | huaraches |
|---|---|
| alternative form | guarache |
| alternative form | guarachi |
Origin of huarache
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish huarache, guarache, from Purepecha kwarachi (“sandal”).
Questions about huarache
- What does huarache mean?
- Huarache means a Mexican sandal.
- What part of speech is huarache?
- Huarache is a noun.
- How do you pronounce huarache?
- Huarache is pronounced /wəˈrɑːtʃi/.
- What is the plural of huarache?
- The plural of huarache is huaraches.
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