nacho

na·cho  (näch)

n. pl. na·chos

A small, often triangular piece of tortilla topped with cheese or chili-pepper sauce and broiled.

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[American Spanish, possibly diminutive of the name Ignacio or alteration of ñato, pug-nosed, ugly, poor (alteration of Spanish chato, flat, snub-nosed, from Vulgar Latin *plattus, flat; see plate).]

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nacho

Noun

pl nachos Mexican cookery a snack of a piece of tortilla topped with cheese, peppers, etc.

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nacho - a tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled tortilla chip - a small piece of tortilla