Etymology

taco

ta·co
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Today it means: A Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables, and salsa. Full definition →

Mexican Spanish taco
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taco · noun, verb1

  1. Mexican Spanish · borrowed fromtaco
  2. English todaytaco

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish taco, of uncertain origin; see the Spanish entry for more.

TACO · noun2

Initialism.

TACO · phrase, proper noun3

Coined by journalist Robert Armstrong in 2025 for the Financial Times on May 2 in a newspaper column. Named after President of the United States Donald J. Trump

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