nacho
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Back-formation from nachos.
=== Pronunciation ===
(UK) IPA(key): /ˈnæt͡ʃəʊ/
(US) IPA(key): /ˈnɑt͡ʃoʊ/
Rhymes: -ætʃəʊ
=== Noun ===
nacho (plural nachos)
A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.
==== Derived terms ====
==== Translations ====
=== Anagrams ===
Chaon, Cohan, ancho
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
< Spanish nacho
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈnɑtʃo/, [ˈnɑ̝t̪ʃo̞]
Rhymes: -ɑtʃo
=== Noun ===
nacho
nacho (food)
Alternative form: natso (rare, colloquial)
Synonym: tortillasipsi
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“nacho”, 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 14 May 2026
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish nacho.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /nat.ʃo/
=== Noun ===
nacho m (plural nachos)
(usually in the plural) nacho (tortilla chip)
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish nacho.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -aʃu, -at͡ʃu
Hyphenation: na‧cho
=== Noun ===
nacho m (plural nachos)
(usually in the plural) nacho (Mexican dish of tortilla chips)
=== Further reading ===
“nacho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“nacho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈnat͡ʃo/ [ˈna.t͡ʃo]
Rhymes: -atʃo
Syllabification: na‧cho
=== Etymology 1 ===
From the personal name Nacho; the Mexican creator of the dish, Ignacio Anaya (1895–1975), named it after himself in 1943.
Nacho is a diminutive form of Ignacio.
==== Noun ====
nacho m (plural nachos)
nacho (tortilla chip)
Synonym: totopo
=== Etymology 2 ===
Inherited from Latin nāsus (“nose”). Compare Portuguese nacho.
==== Adjective ====
nacho (feminine nacha, masculine plural nachos, feminine plural nachas)
(Asturias, rustic) pug-nosed
Synonyms: chato, ñato, chingo
=== Further reading ===
“nacho”, 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
=== Anagrams ===
ancho
== Swahili ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Prepositional phrase ===
nacho
ki class(VII) inflected form of na
=== See also ===