taco

noun (a taco, tacos)

«taco» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A taco is a Mexican food made of a folded corn or wheat tortilla (a thin flat bread) filled with meat, beans, cheese, salad or other food. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life, especially in the USA, Canada and Australia, tacos are popular at home, school lunches and restaurants («Taco Tuesday»). In maths word problems tacos are counted and shared: «each person eats 3 tacos». Phrases: a taco shell, fish tacos, taco night.

Examples

We have tacos for dinner on Tuesdays. tree →
I put cheese, beans and lettuce in my taco. tree →
The taco shell broke when I bit it. tree →
Fish tacos are popular by the sea. tree →
There are 4 people and each eats 3 tacos, so we need 12 tacos. tree →
Can I have another taco, please? tree →

Note

Plural: tacos (not tacoes). The word comes from Spanish. Related Mexican foods: burrito (a rolled tortilla), nachos, tortilla. In maths, «a pack of 12 taco shells» means 12 in each pack.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «taco» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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