taco

SayTAH-kohUS/ˈtɑ.koʊ/AUS/ˈtɐː.kəʊ/UKTA-koh/ˈtæ.kəʊ/

Pluraltacos

Verbtacos, tacoing, tacoed

4 meanings of taco

1
Mexican foodnouncountable
A folded or rolled tortilla filled with meat, beans, cheese, and other foods.
Like a sandwich, but folded in a soft flatbread instead of two slices of bread.
She made a taco with beans and cheese for lunch.
We bought three tacos from the truck on the corner.
2
fold in halfverbslangtransitive or intransitive
To bend or fold something in half until it buckles.
Like folding a stiff card in half until it bends and won't lie flat again.
If you hit the curb too hard, you might taco your wheel.
The thin sheet of metal tacoed when she stepped on it.
UsageOften used for bike wheels: you taco a wheel, or the wheel tacoed.
Similarbuckle, fold, bend
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3
private partsnounslangvulgarUScountable
A rude slang word for the vulva.
He made a crude joke about her taco, and she slapped him.
He made a crude joke about her taco and got slapped.
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Less common meaning

4
nounslangUS
A yellow mark under the arm of a shirt, caused by sweat or deodorant.

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Origin

It came from Mexican Spanish "taco." No one is sure where the word first came from.

Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 2 facts

English taco came from Mexican Spanish taco. en.wiktionary.org
The source word's further origin is uncertain. en.wiktionary.org