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sope

sope noun: a traditional Mexican food consisting of a masa base with various savory toppings. Also the obsolete form of soap.

sope: a traditional Mexican food consisting of a masa base with various savory toppings
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Noun

sope (plural sopes)

  1. A traditional Mexican food consisting of a masa base with various savory toppings.
    • 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

Also used as

sope is also the obsolete form of soap.

Forms of sope

pluralsopes

Origin of sope

Borrowed from Spanish sope.

Questions about sope

What does sope mean?
Sope means a traditional Mexican food consisting of a masa base with various savory toppings.
What part of speech is sope?
Sope is a noun.
What is the plural of sope?
The plural of sope is sopes.

Words near sope in the dictionary

  1. Sopan
  2. sopapilla
  3. sopapillas
  4. Sopara
  5. sopcheite
  6. sope
  7. Sopel
  8. soper
  9. sopers
  10. Soperton
  11. sopes

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