tortilla

See also: Tortilla

English

flour tortillas (1)
Spanish omelette (2)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tortilla.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɔːˈtijə/, /tɔːˈti.ə/
    • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /tɔɹˈti.ə/, /tɔɹˈtijə/, [tɔɹˈtʰijə]
  • Rhymes: -iːə

Noun

tortilla (plural tortillas)

  1. (Mexican cuisine) A flat round bread made out of cornmeal or flour.
    • 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 cuisine) Spanish omelette; an 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.

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams


Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtortilːɑ/, [ˈt̪o̞rt̪ilːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ortilːɑ
  • Syllabification(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
tortillainrare
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
instructive tortilloin
abessive tortillatta tortilloitta
comitative tortilloineen
Possessive forms of tortilla (type katiska)
possessor singular plural
1st person tortillani tortillamme
2nd person tortillasi tortillanne
3rd person tortillansa
Derived terms

Noun

tortilla

  1. adessive singular of tortti

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔʁ.ti.ja/
  • (file)

Verb

tortilla

  1. third-person singular past historic of tortiller

Anagrams


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


Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tortilla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔrˈtil.la/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -illa
  • Syllabification: tor‧til‧la

Noun

tortilla f

  1. tortilla (flat round bread)
  2. Spanish omelette

Declension

Further reading

  • tortilla in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tortilla in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Spanish omelette
Omelette
Tortilla (flour tortilla)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 
  • 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]

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

  • 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

Descendants

  • English: tortilla
  • Finnish: tortilla
  • Galician: tortilla
  • German: Tortilla
  • Polish: tortilla

Further reading

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