nachos

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish nachos, from Nacho. Nacho is a common diminutive form of Ignacio (“Ignatius”) in Spanish. The Mexican creator of the dish, Ignacio Anaya (1895–1975), named it after himself in 1943.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnætʃəʊz/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɑt͡ʃoʊz/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: (General American) -ɑtʃoʊz

Noun

nachos pl (plural only)

  1. A Mexican dish of tortilla chips, covered in melted cheese and sometimes other ingredients.
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

nachos

  1. plural of nacho

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

nachos (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of naches.

References

  1. ^ Adriana P. Orr (July 1999) “Nachos, anyone?”, in Oxford English Dictionary‎[1], archived from the original on 15 February 2006:
    And to add to the satisfaction, we have recently […] been able to verify a quotation from that elusive 1954 St Anne's Cookbook which confirms the existence of Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Anaya, gives the Victory Club as the place in which he invented his ‘nacho specials’, and provides his own original recipe.

Anagrams

French

Noun

nachos

  1. plural of nacho

Italian

Noun

nachos m pl (plural only)

  1. nachos

Polish

Alternative forms

  • naczos

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Mexican Spanish nachos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈna.t͡ʂɔs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -at͡ʂɔs
  • Syllabification: na‧chos

Noun

nachos m inan (indeclinable)

  1. nacho

Declension

Indeclinable

or:

Declension of nachos
singular plural
nominative nachos nachosy
genitive nachosa nachosów
dative nachosowi nachosom
accusative nachosa nachosy
instrumental nachosem nachosami
locative nachosie nachosach
vocative nachosie nachosy

Further reading

  • nachos in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈna.t͡ʃus/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈna.t͡ʃuʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈna.t͡ʃos/
 

  • Hyphenation: na‧chos

Noun

nachos

  1. plural of nacho

Spanish

Adjective

nachos m pl

  1. masculine plural of nacho

Noun

nachos m pl

  1. plural of nacho
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