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A taco is a traditional Mexican dish made of a small tortilla filled with various ingredients like meat, beans, or vegetables, and garnished with condiments. The etymology of the word 'taco' is uncertain, but it is theorized to relate to a term used by Mexican silver miners for explosive charges. The term has broader meanings in Spanish, including 'wedge' and 'plug,' with roots in Germanic languages.

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Taco Spanish

A taco is a traditional Mexican dish made of a small tortilla filled with various ingredients like meat, beans, or vegetables, and garnished with condiments. The etymology of the word 'taco' is uncertain, but it is theorized to relate to a term used by Mexican silver miners for explosive charges. The term has broader meanings in Spanish, including 'wedge' and 'plug,' with roots in Germanic languages.

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Taco

Information
• A taco is a traditional Mexican dish consisting of a small hand-sized corn- or
wheat-based tortilla topped with a filling.
• The tortilla is then folded around the filling and eaten by hand. A taco can be made with a variety of fillings,
including beef, pork, chicken, seafood, beans, vegetables, and cheese, and garnished with various condiments,
such as salsa, guacamole, or sour cream, and vegetables, such as lettuce, coriander, onion, tomatoes.
• Tacos can be contrasted with similar foods such as burritos, which are often much larger and rolled rather than
folded; taquitos, which are rolled and fried; or chalupas/tostadas, in which the tortilla is fried before filling.
Etymology
• The origins of the taco are not precisely known, and etymologies for the culinary usage of the
word are generally theoretical. Taco in the sense of a typical Mexican dish comprising
a maize tortilla folded around food is just one of the meanings connoted by the word, according to
the Real Academia Española, publisher of Diccionario de la Lengua Española. This meaning of
the Spanish word "taco" is a Mexican innovation, but the word "taco" is used in other contexts to
mean "wedge; wad, plug; billiard cue; blowpipe; ramrod; short, stocky person; [or] short, thick
piece of wood."The etymological origin of this sense of the word is Germanic and has cognates in
other European languages, including the French word tache and the English word "tack".
• According to one etymological theory, the culinary origin of the term "taco" in Mexico can be
traced to its employment, among Mexican silver miners, as a term signifying "plug." The miners
used explosive charges in plug form, consisting of a paper wrapper and gunpowder filling.

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