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tlayuda

/tlɑ.ju.də/

tlayuda noun: a type of tortilla from Oaxaca, Mexico.

Noun

tlayuda (plural tlayudas)

  1. A type of tortilla from Oaxaca, Mexico.
    • 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 tlayuda

pluraltlayudas

Origin of tlayuda

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish tlayuda.

Questions about tlayuda

What does tlayuda mean?
Tlayuda means a type of tortilla from Oaxaca, Mexico.
What part of speech is tlayuda?
Tlayuda is a noun.
How do you pronounce tlayuda?
Tlayuda is pronounced /tlɑ.ju.də/.
What is the plural of tlayuda?
The plural of tlayuda is tlayudas.

Words near tlayuda in the dictionary

  1. tlatoanis
  2. Tlaxcala
  3. Tlaxcalan
  4. Tlaxcalans
  5. Tlaxiaco
  6. tlayuda
  7. tlayudas
  8. Tlazolteotl
  9. TLB
  10. TLBs
  11. TLC

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