tortilla

English

Wikipedia

flour tortillas

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish (Mexican) tortilla.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /tɔɹˈtijə/, [tɔɹˈtʰijə]

Noun

tortilla (plural tortillas)

1. (Mexico) A flat round bread made out of cornmeal or flour. In Mexican cuisine they are often served with a filling or topping such as frijoles "beans", carne "meat", salsa "sauce", sour cream and cheese, in which case they are called quesadillas.
2. (Spain) Spanish omelette; an omelette containing potatoes and onions

Translations

a flat round bread

• Amuzgo: cha
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 墨西哥薄餅, 墨西哥薄饼 (Mòxīgē báobǐng)

• Finnish: tortilla (fi)
• Interlingua: tortilla
• Isthmus Zapotec: gueta

• Japanese: トルティーヤ (torutīya)
• Maltese: tortilla f
• Russian: тортилья (ru) m (tortilʹja) (tortilia) f
• Spanish: tortilla (es) f
• Swedish: tortilla (sv) c, tortillabröd n
• Tz'utujil: aawaay, way

Anagrams

• littoral

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Finnish

Noun

tortilla

1. tortilla

Declension

Declension of tortilla (Kotus type 13/katiska)

	singular	plural
nominative	tortilla	tortillat
genitive	tortillan	tortilloiden tortilloitten tortillojen tortillainrare
partitive	tortillaa	tortilloita tortilloja
accusative	tortillan	tortillat
inessive	tortillassa	tortilloissa
elative	tortillasta	tortilloista
illative	tortillaan	tortilloihin
adessive	tortillalla	tortilloilla
ablative	tortillalta	tortilloilta
allative	tortillalle	tortilloille
essive	tortillana	tortilloina
translative	tortillaksi	tortilloiksi
instructive	—	tortilloin
abessive	tortillatta	tortilloitta
comitative	—	tortilloineen

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French

Verb

tortilla

1. third-person singular past historic of tortiller

Anagrams

• littoral

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Spanish

Etymology

Diminutive of torta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈtiʎa/

Noun

tortilla f (plural tortillas)

1. (Spain and most Hispanic countries) omelette
2. (Mexico and Central America) tortilla

Related terms

• tortillera
• tortillería