tortilla española

Galician

Noun

tortilla española f (plural tortillas españolas)

1. Spanish omelet

   Synonyms: tortilla, tortilla de patacas

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /toɾˌtiʝa espaˈɲola/ [t̪oɾˌt̪i.ʝa es.paˈɲo.la]

• IPA^(key): /toɾˌtiʝa espaˈɲola/ [t̪oɾˌt̪i.ʝa es.paˈɲo.la] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /toɾˌtiʎa espaˈɲola/ [t̪oɾˌt̪i.ʎa es.paˈɲo.la] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /toɾˌtiʃa espaˈɲola/ [t̪oɾˌt̪i.ʃa es.paˈɲo.la] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /toɾˌtiʒa espaˈɲola/ [t̪oɾˌt̪i.ʒa es.paˈɲo.la] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: tor‧ti‧lla es‧pa‧ño‧la

Noun

tortilla española f (plural tortillas españolas)

1. Spanish omelet

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

Further reading

• “tortilla española”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025