tlacoyo

English

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tlacoyo

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Etymology

From Mexican Spanish tlacoyo, from Nahuatl tlahtlaōyoh.

Noun

tlacoyo (plural tlacoyos)

1. A Mexican dish consisting of a fried and stuffed masa cake.
   • 2023 July 7, Rick A. Martínez, “For the Best Tortillas (and Gorditas and Tetelas), You Need Fresh Masa”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     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.

Spanish

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tlacoyo

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Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tlahtlaōyoh.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tlaˈkoʝo/ [t̪laˈko.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /tlaˈkoʝo/ [t̪laˈko.ʝo] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /tlaˈkoʃo/ [t̪laˈko.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /tlaˈkoʒo/ [t̪laˈko.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -oʝo
• Syllabification: tla‧co‧yo

Noun

tlacoyo m (plural tlacoyos)

1. (Mexico) tlacoyo

Further reading

• “tlacoyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024