nacho

[ nah-choh ]

noun,plural na·chos.Mexican Cooking.
  1. a snack or appetizer consisting of a tortilla chip topped with cheese, pickled jalapeño peppers, refried beans, etc., and baked or broiled.

Origin of nacho

1
First recorded in 1945–50; from Mexican Spanish Nacho, nickname for the male given name Ignacio, specifically, Ignacio Anaya, a Mexican chef who supposedly invented the dish in the mid-1940s

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nacho

/ (ˈnɑːtʃəʊ) /


nounplural nachos
  1. Mexican cookery a snack consisting of a piece of tortilla topped with cheese, hot peppers, etc, and grilled

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