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taco Definition

taco ()

noun pl. -·cos

a Mexican dish consisting of a fried and folded or rolled tortilla filled with chopped meat, shredded lettuce, etc.

Etymology: AmSp < Sp, a plug, wadding, light lunch

taco Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • eat: I could have breakfast at home, but not always, so I eat tacos instead.
  • have: I got my latest fix at Santa Fe, a New Mexican restaurant on East Street where I finally had those shrimp tacos!
  • make: They often make fish tacos out of it here.

Adjective modifier

  • Mexican: Corralejo's restaurants offer a wide choice, from good old English fish and chips to Mexican tacos or Indian curry.
  • soft: Lots of Mexican specialities, shrimp and of course lobster in many forms including soft tacos ( very yum ).
  • good: MY GREASY TACOS The best tacos Iâve had in this city do not come from a restaurant.

Modifies a noun

  • shell: The activist group claims to have found both products in taco shells in the United Kingdom.
  • stand: It's like eating different salsa's every time you go to your favorite taco stand.
  • chip: Eliminate the desire for junk food I love taco chips.

Noun used with modifier

  • fish: They often make fish tacos out of it here.
  • shrimp: I got my latest fix at Santa Fe, a New Mexican restaurant on East Street where I finally had those shrimp tacos!

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