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tinga

tinga noun: a Mexican dish made with shredded beef or chicken in a red chili sauce.

Noun

tinga (uncountable)

  1. A Mexican dish made with shredded beef or chicken in a red chili sauce.

Origin of tinga

Borrowed from Spanish tinga.

Questions about tinga

What does tinga mean?
Tinga means a Mexican dish made with shredded beef or chicken in a red chili sauce.
What part of speech is tinga?
Tinga is a noun.

Words near tinga in the dictionary

  1. Ting Hai effect
  2. Ting Hai effects
  3. ting-a-ling
  4. Ting-ts'un
  5. Ting-yüan
  6. tinga
  7. tingaling
  8. Tingatinga
  9. Tingay
  10. Tingays
  11. tinge

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