taco

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish taco (“light lunch”, literally “stopper, plug, wad”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: tä′kō, IPA^(key): /ˈtɑkoʊ/, [ˈtʰɑkoʊ]
• enPR: tă′kō, IPA^(key): /ˈtækəʊ/
• enPR: täʹkō, IPA^(key): /ˈtɐːkəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ækəʊ, -ɑːkəʊ

• Audio (Canada)

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Noun

taco (plural tacos)

1. a Mexican snack food; a small tortilla (soft or hard shelled), with typically some type of meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables (usually tomatoes and lettuce, as served in the United States, and cilantro, onion, and avocado, as served in México) and salsa
2. (US, slang) the vulva

   Synonym: pink taco

   • 2007, Various, Sex & Seduction: 20 Erotic Stories, Accent Press Ltd., page 130:

     […] while grinding her pink taco into my groin as if trying to gain even more of my sizable ...

   • 2009, Albert Mudrian, Precious Metal: Decibel Presents the Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces, Da Capo Press, page 159:

     […] zombies have to eat and the best place to on any female is the pink taco.

   • 2015, Cynthia Dane, A Fragile Wife: A Billionaire Romance (Barachou Press):

     " […] was it really necessary to make your maid piss herself? Even if you think your husband is hiding his sausage in her taco, that was brazen. Jesus, Lana."

3. (US, slang) a yellow stain on a shirt armpit caused by sweat or deodorant

Derived terms

• street taco

Translations

Mexican snack food

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 玉米麵豆卷／玉米面豆卷, 玉米面豆卷 (yùmǐmiàn dòujuǎn), 墨西哥夾餅／墨西哥夹饼, 墨西哥夹饼 (mòxīgē jiābǐng)

• Dutch: taco (nl) m
• Esperanto: tako
• Finnish: taco (fi)
• French: taco (fr) m
• German: Taco (de) m
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• Japanese: タコス (takosu)
• Korean: 타코 (tako)
• Russian: та́ко (ru) m (táko)
• Spanish: taco (es) m
• Swedish: taco c, tacos (sv)

Verb

taco (third-person singular simple present tacos, present participle tacoing, simple past and past participle tacoed)

1. (slang) to fold or cause to buckle in half, similar to the way a taco is folded
   • 1996, Arizona Highways - Volume 72, page 9:

     The boat tacoed — the front and rear bent in — and I was holding onto a strap on the frame, sitting more on the tube than the frame, and I was catapulted forward.

   • 2003, Bob Roll, Bobke II, →ISBN, page 91:

     J.T. was in full scoop mode and whaling down the descent and he creamed into the dude, tacoed his front wheel, sheared off his front brake, and came as close to cursing as he ever has.

   • 2008, Sally Stenhouse Kneidel, Going Green: A Wise Consumer's Guide to a Shrinking Planet:

     I'd left it in neutral and it rolled straight back into the barn and tacoed that door.

   • 2016, Jennifer Moore, Safe Harbor, →ISBN:

     He turned off the light and laid on the couch, tacoing the pillow behind his head and inhaling the smell of Melanie Owen.

Anagrams

• ATOC, CATO, Cato, Cota, coat, octa, octa-

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈta.ku]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈta.ko]

Verb

taco

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑko/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝ko̞]
• Hyphenation: ta‧co

Noun

taco

1. taco

Declension

Inflection of taco (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		taco	tacot
genitive		tacon	tacojen
partitive		tacoa	tacoja
illative		tacoon	tacoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		taco	tacot
accusative	nom.	taco	tacot
	gen.	tacon
genitive		tacon	tacojen
partitive		tacoa	tacoja
inessive		tacossa	tacoissa
elative		tacosta	tacoista
illative		tacoon	tacoihin
adessive		tacolla	tacoilla
ablative		tacolta	tacoilta
allative		tacolle	tacoille
essive		tacona	tacoina
translative		tacoksi	tacoiksi
abessive		tacotta	tacoitta
instructive		—	tacoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of taco (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative taconi taconi accusative nom. taconi taconi gen. taconi genitive taconi tacojeni partitive tacoani tacojani inessive tacossani tacoissani elative tacostani tacoistani illative tacooni tacoihini adessive tacollani tacoillani ablative tacoltani tacoiltani allative tacolleni tacoilleni essive taconani tacoinani translative tacokseni tacoikseni abessive tacottani tacoittani instructive — — comitative — tacoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tacosi tacosi accusative nom. tacosi tacosi gen. tacosi genitive tacosi tacojesi partitive tacoasi tacojasi inessive tacossasi tacoissasi elative tacostasi tacoistasi illative tacoosi tacoihisi adessive tacollasi tacoillasi ablative tacoltasi tacoiltasi allative tacollesi tacoillesi essive taconasi tacoinasi translative tacoksesi tacoiksesi abessive tacottasi tacoittasi instructive — — comitative — tacoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tacomme tacomme accusative nom. tacomme tacomme gen. tacomme genitive tacomme tacojemme partitive tacoamme tacojamme inessive tacossamme tacoissamme elative tacostamme tacoistamme illative tacoomme tacoihimme adessive tacollamme tacoillamme ablative tacoltamme tacoiltamme allative tacollemme tacoillemme essive taconamme tacoinamme translative tacoksemme tacoiksemme abessive tacottamme tacoittamme instructive — — comitative — tacoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative taconne taconne accusative nom. taconne taconne gen. taconne genitive taconne tacojenne partitive tacoanne tacojanne inessive tacossanne tacoissanne elative tacostanne tacoistanne illative tacoonne tacoihinne adessive tacollanne tacoillanne ablative tacoltanne tacoiltanne allative tacollenne tacoillenne essive taconanne tacoinanne translative tacoksenne tacoiksenne abessive tacottanne tacoittanne instructive — — comitative — tacoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative taconsa taconsa accusative nom. taconsa taconsa gen. taconsa genitive taconsa tacojensa partitive tacoaan tacoansa tacojaan tacojansa inessive tacossaan tacossansa tacoissaan tacoissansa elative tacostaan tacostansa tacoistaan tacoistansa illative tacoonsa tacoihinsa adessive tacollaan tacollansa tacoillaan tacoillansa ablative tacoltaan tacoltansa tacoiltaan tacoiltansa allative tacolleen tacollensa tacoilleen tacoillensa essive taconaan taconansa tacoinaan tacoinansa translative tacokseen tacoksensa tacoikseen tacoiksensa abessive tacottaan tacottansa tacoittaan tacoittansa instructive — — comitative — tacoineen tacoinensa

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀢𑀘𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• तचो (Devanagari script)
• তচো (Bengali script)
• තචො (Sinhalese script)
• တစော or တၸေႃ (Burmese script)
• ตโจ or ตะโจ (Thai script)
• ᨲᨧᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕໂຈ or ຕະໂຈ (Lao script)
• តចោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄌𑄮 (Chakma script)

Noun

taco

1. nominative singular of taca (“skin”)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ku/
• Rhymes: -aku

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

taco m (plural tacos)

1. (sports) cue; bat; stick (any long implement used to hit the ball or puck in certain sports)

Derived terms

• tacada
• tacar

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish taco.

Noun

taco m (plural tacos)

1. taco (a Mexican snack food)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

taco

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtako/ [ˈt̪a.ko]

Etymology 1

Mexican Spanish, from Old French tache (“bolt, nail”), from Middle Low German Zacke (“sharp point”).

Noun

taco m (plural tacos)

1. (Mexico, food) taco
2. peg (a short, thick piece of wood, metal, or other material)
3. dowel (a longer piece of wood, plastic, or other material)
4. stopper, plug, wad (small bundle of material made to cover, stop, or fill a hole)
5. (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay) heel (of a shoe)
6. (sports) cue (a stick used to play billiards, snooker, pool, etc)
7. (Chile) traffic jam
8. (Spain) a curse word, a swear word, a profanity, a slur
9. (Spain, colloquial) a load, a lot
10. (Spain, colloquial, in plural) years of age

Derived terms

• atacar
• taco de ojo
• tacón
• taquería
• taquito

 

See also

• billar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

taco

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of tacar.

Anagrams

• acto, cato, cota, toca

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Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian tacco.

Noun

taco m (plural tachi)

1. heel