tortilla

See also: Tortilla and tortillą

English

Flour tortillas (1)

Spanish omelette (2)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tortilla.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɔːˈtijə/, /tɔːˈti.ə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːə

Noun

tortilla (plural tortillas)

1. A type of Mexican flatbread made out of cornmeal or flour.
   • 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 55:

     And then she figured out the whole situation in, maybe, ten minutes, just by watching my face across the dinner table. I didn't say more than ten words—'Pass the tortillas.'

   • 2001, Rafaela Castro, Chicano Folklore, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 230:

     From this dough are shaped small round forms, or a tortilla press can be used to more easily flatten many perfectly round, thin cakes. Tortilla machines, found all over Mexico and the Southwest, can produce hundreds of tortillas per hour.

2. Spanish omelette; a type of omelette containing potatoes and onions.
   • 2004, The Student Cookbook, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

     An authentic Spanish tortilla is traditionally made with just eggs, potatoes, onions, salt and pepper, but this version contains sliced red and green peppers for a bit of extra colour and flavour.

Derived terms

• tortilla chip

Translations

Mexican flatbread

• Afrikaans: tortilla
• Arabic:

  Hijazi Arabic: تورتيا f (tōrtiyya)

• Azerbaijani: yuxa, yayma
• Bulgarian: тортиля f (tortilja), тортия f (tortija)
• Catalan: truita (ca)
• Chinese:

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

• Esperanto: tortiljo
• Estonian: tortilla (et)
• Finnish: tortilla (fi)
• Galician: tortilla de fariña de trigo f, tortilla de fariña f, tortilla de trigo f
• German: Tortilla (de) f
• Greek: τορτίγια (el) (tortígia)
• Guerrero Amuzgo: cha
• Interlingua: tortilla
• Italian: tortilla (it)
• Japanese: トルティーヤ (ja) (torutīya)
• Lithuanian: tortilija f
• Maltese: tortilla f
• Marathi: टॉर्टिया m (ṭŏrṭiyā)
• Nahuatl:

  Central: tlaxcalli

  Classical: tlaxcalli

  Guerrero: tlaxkajli

  Highland Puebla: taxcal

  Mecayapan: táxcal

  Michoacán: laxcali

  Morelos: tlaxkale

  Northern Puebla: tlaxcali

  Tetelcingo: tlaxcali̱

  Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla : tlaxcal

• Navajo: náneeskaadí
• Polish: tortilla (pl) f
• Portuguese: tortilha (pt) f
• Russian: торти́лья (ru) f (tortílʹja)
• Spanish: tortilla triguera f (wheat), tortilla maicera f (corn), tlayuda f (large, toasted, thin, Mexico), kodzito m (corn, Mexico), pishtón m (thick, corn, Guatemala), tlaxcal (es) m (tlashkal) (corn, Mexico)
• Swedish: tortilla (sv) c, tortillabröd n
• Turkish: lavaş (tr)
• Tz'utujil: aawaay, way
• Tzotzil: vaj
• Yiddish: טאָרטיִע (tortie)
• Yucatec Maya: waaj
• Zapotec:

  Choapan: yëta

  Isthmus: gueta

Spanish omelette — see Spanish omelette

Further reading

• tortilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• littoral

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tortilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔrˈti.jaː/, /tɔrˈtil.jaː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: tor‧til‧la

Noun

tortilla f (plural tortilla's, diminutive tortillaatje n)

1. tortilla (flat round bread)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtortilːɑ/, [ˈt̪o̞rt̪ilːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ortilːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): tor‧til‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): tor‧til‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tortilla.

Noun

tortilla

1. tortilla
2. a tortilla-based dish; a burrito

Declension

Inflection of tortilla (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative		tortilla	tortillat
genitive		tortillan	tortilloiden tortilloitten tortillojen
partitive		tortillaa	tortilloita tortilloja
illative		tortillaan	tortilloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tortilla	tortillat
accusative	nom.	tortilla	tortillat
	gen.	tortillan
genitive		tortillan	tortilloiden tortilloitten tortillojen tortillain rare
partitive		tortillaa	tortilloita tortilloja
inessive		tortillassa	tortilloissa
elative		tortillasta	tortilloista
illative		tortillaan	tortilloihin
adessive		tortillalla	tortilloilla
ablative		tortillalta	tortilloilta
allative		tortillalle	tortilloille
essive		tortillana	tortilloina
translative		tortillaksi	tortilloiksi
abessive		tortillatta	tortilloitta
instructive		—	tortilloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tortilla (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tortillani tortillani accusative nom. tortillani tortillani gen. tortillani genitive tortillani tortilloideni tortilloitteni tortillojeni tortillaini rare partitive tortillaani tortilloitani tortillojani inessive tortillassani tortilloissani elative tortillastani tortilloistani illative tortillaani tortilloihini adessive tortillallani tortilloillani ablative tortillaltani tortilloiltani allative tortillalleni tortilloilleni essive tortillanani tortilloinani translative tortillakseni tortilloikseni abessive tortillattani tortilloittani instructive — — comitative — tortilloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tortillasi tortillasi accusative nom. tortillasi tortillasi gen. tortillasi genitive tortillasi tortilloidesi tortilloittesi tortillojesi tortillaisi rare partitive tortillaasi tortilloitasi tortillojasi inessive tortillassasi tortilloissasi elative tortillastasi tortilloistasi illative tortillaasi tortilloihisi adessive tortillallasi tortilloillasi ablative tortillaltasi tortilloiltasi allative tortillallesi tortilloillesi essive tortillanasi tortilloinasi translative tortillaksesi tortilloiksesi abessive tortillattasi tortilloittasi instructive — — comitative — tortilloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tortillamme tortillamme accusative nom. tortillamme tortillamme gen. tortillamme genitive tortillamme tortilloidemme tortilloittemme tortillojemme tortillaimme rare partitive tortillaamme tortilloitamme tortillojamme inessive tortillassamme tortilloissamme elative tortillastamme tortilloistamme illative tortillaamme tortilloihimme adessive tortillallamme tortilloillamme ablative tortillaltamme tortilloiltamme allative tortillallemme tortilloillemme essive tortillanamme tortilloinamme translative tortillaksemme tortilloiksemme abessive tortillattamme tortilloittamme instructive — — comitative — tortilloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tortillanne tortillanne accusative nom. tortillanne tortillanne gen. tortillanne genitive tortillanne tortilloidenne tortilloittenne tortillojenne tortillainne rare partitive tortillaanne tortilloitanne tortillojanne inessive tortillassanne tortilloissanne elative tortillastanne tortilloistanne illative tortillaanne tortilloihinne adessive tortillallanne tortilloillanne ablative tortillaltanne tortilloiltanne allative tortillallenne tortilloillenne essive tortillananne tortilloinanne translative tortillaksenne tortilloiksenne abessive tortillattanne tortilloittanne instructive — — comitative — tortilloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tortillansa tortillansa accusative nom. tortillansa tortillansa gen. tortillansa genitive tortillansa tortilloidensa tortilloittensa tortillojensa tortillainsa rare partitive tortillaansa tortilloitaan tortillojaan tortilloitansa tortillojansa inessive tortillassaan tortillassansa tortilloissaan tortilloissansa elative tortillastaan tortillastansa tortilloistaan tortilloistansa illative tortillaansa tortilloihinsa adessive tortillallaan tortillallansa tortilloillaan tortilloillansa ablative tortillaltaan tortillaltansa tortilloiltaan tortilloiltansa allative tortillalleen tortillallensa tortilloilleen tortilloillensa essive tortillanaan tortillanansa tortilloinaan tortilloinansa translative tortillakseen tortillaksensa tortilloikseen tortilloiksensa abessive tortillattaan tortillattansa tortilloittaan tortilloittansa instructive — — comitative — tortilloineen tortilloinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• maissitortilla
• tortillalastu
• tortillalätty
• vehnätortilla

Further reading

• “tortilla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

Noun

tortilla

1. adessive singular of tortti

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔʁ.ti.ja/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tortilla.

Noun

tortilla f (plural tortillas)

2. tortilla (flat round bread made out of cornmeal or flour)
4. tortilla, Spanish omelette (molded omelette made with the addition of fried potatoes and often onions)

Etymology 2

tortiller

Verb

tortilla

1. third-person singular past historic of tortiller

References

• “tortilla”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• littoral

Galician

Spanish omelette

Omelette

Etymology

From Spanish tortilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈtiʎa/

Noun

tortilla f (plural tortillas)

1. Spanish omelette, tortilla
2. omelette
3. (rare) tortilla

Synonyms

• (Spanish omelette) tortilla de patacas, tortilla española
• (omelette) tortilla francesa
• (tortilla) tortilla de fariña de trigo, tortilla de fariña, tortilla de trigo

Related terms

• tortillera
• tortillería

Polish

tortille sense 1

tortilla sense 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tortilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔrˈti.ja/, /tɔrˈtil.la/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ija, -illa
• Syllabification: tor‧ti‧lla, tor‧til‧la

Noun

tortilla f

2. tortilla (flat round bread made out of cornmeal or flour)
4. tortilla, Spanish omelette (molded omelette made with the addition of fried potatoes and often onions)

Declension

Declension of tortilla

	singular	plural
nominative	tortilla	tortille
genitive	tortilli	tortilli/tortill
dative	tortilli	tortillom
accusative	tortillę	tortille
instrumental	tortillą	tortillami
locative	tortilli	tortillach
vocative	tortillo	tortille

Further reading

• tortilla in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• tortilla in PWN's encyclopedia

Spanish

Spanish omelette

Omelette

Tortilla (flour tortilla)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish tortiella, diminutive of torta (“round flatbread”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈtiʝa/ [t̪oɾˈt̪i.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈtiʝa/ [t̪oɾˈt̪i.ʝa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /toɾˈtiʎa/ [t̪oɾˈt̪i.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /toɾˈtiʃa/ [t̪oɾˈt̪i.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /toɾˈtiʒa/ [t̪oɾˈt̪i.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: tor‧ti‧lla

Noun

tortilla f (plural tortillas)

1. (Spain and most Hispanic countries) Spanish omelette, tortilla (omelette)

   Synonyms: (Spain) tortilla de patatas, (Hispanic America, Canary Islands) tortilla de papas, tortilla española

2. (Spain and most Hispanic countries) omelette

   Synonym: tortilla francesa

3. (Mexico, Central America) tortilla (flatbread)

   Synonyms: tortilla de harina de trigo, tortilla de harina, tortilla de trigo

Derived terms

• tortilla payesa

Related terms

• tortillera
• tortillería

Descendants

• → Dutch: tortilla
• → English: tortilla
• → Finnish: tortilla
• → Galician: tortilla
• → German: Tortilla
• → Polish: tortilla
• → Portuguese: tortilha

Further reading

• “tortilla”, 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