tortillas
- 1Plural of tortilla.
Fresh tortillas were stacked beside the bowls of salsa and beans.
The cook pressed the dough into thin rounds and griddled the tortillas one by one.
Note
An ordinary English plural that happens to match the Spanish one: add -s, and the form is identical in both languages. It carries both meanings of the singular, so context does the sorting. Fresh tortillas stacked beside the salsa are Mexican flatbreads of cornmeal or flour. Tortillas on a Spanish menu are more likely omelettes of potato and onion. A diner who wants the eggs can ask for a Spanish omelette and avoid the ambiguity.
tortillas is a form of tortilla
tortilla, noun: A thin, round Mexican flatbread made from cornmeal or flour. Full entry
- Forms
- tortillatortillas plural
- Spelling
- tortilla → tortillas: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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