tortilla

English

flour tortillas

Spanish omelette

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tortilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔːˈtɪjə/
• IPA^(key): /tɔɹˈti.ə/, /tɔɹˈtijə/, [tɔɹˈtʰijə]
• Rhymes: -iːə

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 the latter case they are called quesadillas.
2. (Spain) Spanish omelette; an omelette containing potatoes and onions

Translations

a flat round bread

• Chinese:

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

• Estonian: tortilla (et)
• Faroese: tortilla, tortilla við mais
• Finnish: tortilla (fi)
• Galician: tortilla de fariña de trigo f, tortilla de fariña f, tortilla de trigo f
• German: Tortilla (de) f
• Guerrero Amuzgo: cha
• Interlingua: tortilla
• Isthmus Zapotec: gueta
• Japanese: トルティーヤ (torutīya)
• Maltese: tortilla f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Nahuatl:

  Classical: tlaxcalli

  Highland Puebla: taxcal

  Mecayapan: táxcal

  Northern Puebla: tlaxcali

• Navajo: náneeskaadí
• Portuguese: tortilha (pt) f
• Russian: торти́лья (ru) m (tortílʹja) (tortilia) f
• Spanish: tortilla de harina de trigo f, tortilla de harina f, tortilla de trigo f, tortilla (es) f
• Swedish: tortilla (sv) c, tortillabröd n
• Turkish: lavaş (tr)
• Tz'utujil: aawaay, way
• Tzotzil: vaj
• Yucatec Maya: waaj

Spanish omelette — see Spanish omelette

Anagrams

• littoral

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Finnish

Noun

tortilla

1. tortilla

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

Noun

tortilla

1. adessive singular of tortti

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔʁ.ti.ja/

• Audio:

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Verb

tortilla

1. third-person singular past historic of tortiller

Anagrams

• littoral

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Galician

Spanish omelette

Omelette

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

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Spanish

Spanish omelette

Omelette

Tortilla (flour tortilla)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

•  

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈtiʝa/ [t̪oɾˈt̪i.ʝa]

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

Noun

tortilla f (plural tortillas)

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

Synonyms

• (Spanish omelette) tortilla de patatas (Spain), tortilla de papas (Hispanic America, Canary Islands), tortilla española
• (omelette) tortilla francesa
• (tortilla) tortilla de harina de trigo, tortilla de harina, tortilla de trigo

Related terms

• tortillera
• tortillería

Further reading

• “tortilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014