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Tex-Mex

/ˈtɛks.mɛks/

Tex-Mex noun: a type of cuisine, a mix of Texan and Mexican foods, associated with spicy chilis.

Noun

Tex-Mex (uncountable)

  1. (attributive) A type of cuisine, a mix of Texan and Mexican foods, associated with spicy chilis.
  2. An English-influenced dialect of Spanish spoken on both sides of the Mexico-United States border..
    • Written first and foremost for the sensibility of the Latina in the US, Cuentos is bilingual and bicultural. Some of the stories appear in Spanish, others in English; most are written in Spanglish and Tex-Mex.1984 April 14, Stephanie Poggi, “Mujeres en Lucha”, in Gay Community News, page 10

Tex-Mex meaning in Bengali

Tex-Mex in Bengali

এক প্রকার রন্ধনশৈলী

Origin of Tex-Mex

Blend of Texan + Mexican.

Questions about Tex-Mex

What does Tex-Mex mean?
Tex-Mex means a type of cuisine, a mix of Texan and Mexican foods, associated with spicy chilis.
What is Tex-Mex in Bengali?
Tex-Mex in Bengali is এক প্রকার রন্ধনশৈলী. See Tex-Mex meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Tex-Mex?
Tex-Mex is a noun.
How do you pronounce Tex-Mex?
Tex-Mex is pronounced /ˈtɛks.mɛks/.

Words near Tex-Mex in the dictionary

  1. tewtaw
  2. tewtaws
  3. TEWTs
  4. tex
  5. Tex-ass
  6. Tex-Mex
  7. Tex-Mexican
  8. Tex-Mexicans
  9. Tex.
  10. texacromil
  11. Texan

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Tex-Mex (page history and authors); Tex-Mex (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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