TORTILLA Definition & Meaning

tortilla

[ tawr-tee-uh; Spanish tawr-tee-yah ]

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noun

Mexican Cooking.

plural tortillas

a thin, round, unleavened bread prepared from cornmeal or sometimes wheat flour, baked on a flat plate of iron, earthenware, or the like.

tortilla

/ ��ɔːˈ�پ�ːə /

noun

Mexican cookery a kind of thin pancake made from corn meal and cooked on a hot griddle until dry

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of tortilla¹

1690–1700; < Spanish, equivalent to tort ( a ) cake ( torte ) + -illa diminutive suffix < Latin -ella

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of tortilla¹

C17: from Spanish: a little cake, from torta a round cake, from Late Latin; see torte

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Lira unpacks the boxes filled with cheese, chicken breasts and corn tortillas, storing it all in a walk-in refrigerator.

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It is mashed into masa and cooked into tortillas, tamales and tlacoyos.

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“The dollar goes up and so do tortillas, the dollar goes up and so does meat.”

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You’ll make two different salsas and tortillas and even fish for your trout on their on-site fish farm.

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The nuggets, made from all-white meat, are marinated in “jalapeño buttermilk flavor” and coated in a mixture of breadcrumbs and tortilla chips, Today reported.

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