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tlacoyo

tlacoyo noun: a Mexican dish consisting of a fried and stuffed masa cake.

Noun

tlacoyo (plural tlacoyos)

  1. A Mexican dish consisting of a fried and stuffed masa cake.
    • When it opened in 2018, Suerte was one of the few restaurants in the country making masa from heirloom varieties of corn and using it to make tortillas, tlacoyos, tlayudas, tamales and taquitos.2023 July 7, Rick A. Martínez, “For the Best Tortillas (and Gorditas and Tetelas), You Need Fresh Masa”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of tlacoyo

pluraltlacoyos

Origin of tlacoyo

From Mexican Spanish tlacoyo, from Nahuatl tlahtlaōyoh.

Questions about tlacoyo

What does tlacoyo mean?
Tlacoyo means a Mexican dish consisting of a fried and stuffed masa cake.
What part of speech is tlacoyo?
Tlacoyo is a noun.
What is the plural of tlacoyo?
The plural of tlacoyo is tlacoyos.

Words near tlacoyo in the dictionary

  1. tlaco
  2. Tlacoachistlahuaca
  3. Tlacopan
  4. tlacos
  5. Tlacotalpan
  6. tlacoyo
  7. tlacoyos
  8. Tlahuica
  9. Tlakluit
  10. Tlalnepantla
  11. Tlaloc

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