quesadilla

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish quesadilla.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌkeɪ̯səˈdiː(l)jə/, [ˌkʰeɪ̯səˈdiːl(j)ə], /ˌkeɪ̯səˈdiːə/
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  • (US) enPR: kāsədē′ə, IPA(key): /ˌkeɪ̯səˈdi(j)ə/, [ˌkʰeɪ̯səˈdi(j)ə]
  • Rhymes: -iːə

Noun

quesadilla (plural quesadillas)

  1. A Mexican dish made by filling a tortilla with cheese and sometimes other ingredients and then cooking it until the cheese is melted.

Derived terms

Translations

Spanish

Etymology

From quesada +‎ -illa, in turn from queso +‎ -ada (compare the development of frijolada, mariscada).[1] One folk etymology more directly derives the word from a portmanteau of queso and tortilla.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /kesaˈdiʝa/ [ke.saˈð̞i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /kesaˈdiʎa/ [ke.saˈð̞i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /kesaˈdiʃa/ [ke.saˈð̞i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /kesaˈdiʒa/ [ke.saˈð̞i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

  • Syllabification: que‧sa‧di‧lla

Noun

quesadilla f (plural quesadillas)

  1. quesadilla
  2. (El Salvador) a type of pan dulce made with rice flour and queso duro blanco and topped with sesame seeds, known elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world as a quesadilla salvadoreña

Descendants

  • English: quesadilla

See also

References

  1. ^ “quesadilla, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2022.

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