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nachos

/ˈnætʃəʊz/US/ˈnɑt͡ʃoʊz/

nachos noun: a Mexican dish of tortilla chips, covered in melted cheese and sometimes other ingredients. Also the plural of nacho.

nachos: a Mexican dish of tortilla chips, covered in melted cheese and sometimes other ingredients
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Noun

nachos pl (normally plural, singular nacho)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) A Mexican dish of tortilla chips, covered in melted cheese and sometimes other ingredients.

Also used as

nachos is also the plural of nacho.

nachos is also the alternative form of naches.

Forms of nachos

singularnacho

Origin of nachos

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.

Words formed from nachos

Phrases with nachos

Questions about nachos

What does nachos mean?
Nachos means a Mexican dish of tortilla chips, covered in melted cheese and sometimes other ingredients.
What part of speech is nachos?
Nachos is a noun.
How do you pronounce nachos?
Nachos is pronounced /ˈnætʃəʊz/ (UK).

Words near nachos in the dictionary

  1. nacho
  2. nacho cheese
  3. nachoda
  4. nachodas
  5. Nachor
  6. nachos
  7. Nachreiner
  8. Nachreiners
  9. Nachschlag
  10. Nachschlags
  11. Nachthorn

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