tabasco

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/təˈbæskəʊ/

noun

A tabasco pepper.

“Louisiana is a major producer of tabascos.”

Similar
Tabasco saucered pepper
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Meanings

tabasco1

nountabasco (usually uncountable, plural tabascos)

plural tabascos

  1. uncountableusuallyAlternative letter-case form of Tabasco (hot sauce).

    Robbie adores it when Heather puts tabasco on food.

  2. uncountableusuallyA tabasco pepper.

    Louisiana is a major producer of tabascos.

Tabasco2

proper noun
  1. A state of Mexico.
  2. A surname.
nounTabasco (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA spicy pepper sauce made from tabasco pepper (a chili pepper) with the addition of vinegar and salt.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounvery spicy sauce (trade name Tabasco) made from fully-aged red peppers

Similar
Tabasco sauce
Broader
hot sauce

nounvery hot red peppers; usually long and thin; some very small

Similar
red pepper
Broader
hot pepper
Also see
red pepper

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

tabasco · noun

See Tabasco.

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Tabasco · proper noun, noun

Of unclear origin. The first definition listed in the 1994 Diccionario enciclopédico de Tabasco was from the Nahuatl name of the area, tlapalco meaning "(place of) damp earth"; wetlands are still extensive in the Mexican state of Tabasco. Other opinions listed were Mayan word tab-uaxac-koh, meaning "(our) lord of eight lions"; others suggest it derives from a Nahuatl word: tla-uashka-ko meaning "place that has an owner", or tlapachtli. The tabasco pepper was popular in the Mexican state and is named for it; a hot sauce made from that pepper was eaten in the state since the 1650s, and a version was popularized in the United States and elsewhere by the McIlhenny Company of Avery Island, Louisiana, beginning in the 1870s.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 辣椒仔
  • 辣椒仔 (laat⁶ ziu¹ zai²)spicy pepper sauce
Chinese Mandarin 塔瓦斯科, 塔巴斯科辣椒醬 /塔巴斯科辣椒酱
  • 塔瓦斯科 (Tǎwǎsīkē)state of Mexico
  • 塔巴斯科辣椒醬 /塔巴斯科辣椒酱 (Tǎbāsīkē làjiāojiàng)spicy pepper sauce
Finnish tabasko, tabascokastike
  • tabaskohot sauce
  • tabascokastikespicy pepper sauce
Greek ταμπάσκο, Ταμπάσκο
  • ταμπάσκο (tampásko)hot sauce
  • Ταμπάσκο (Tampásko)state of Mexico
  • σάλτσα ταμπάσκο (sáltsa tampásko)spicy pepper sauce
Hindi टबैस्को
  • टबैस्को (ṭabaisko)spicy pepper sauce
Indonesian tabasco
  • tabascospicy pepper sauce
Japanese タバスコ
  • タバスコ (Tabasuko)spicy pepper sauce
Korean 타바스코 소스
  • 타바스코 소스 (Tabaseuko soseu)spicy pepper sauce
Norwegian Bokmål tabasko, tabaskosaus
  • tabaskospicy pepper sauce
  • tabaskosausspicy pepper sauce
Polish tabasco, Tabasco
  • tabascohot sauce
  • Tabascostate of Mexico
  • tabascospicy pepper sauce
Russian Таба́ско
  • Таба́ско (Tabásko)state of Mexico
Spanish Tabasco
  • Tabascostate of Mexico
Swedish tabasco, Tabasco
  • tabascohot sauce
  • Tabascostate of Mexico
  • tabascospicy pepper sauce
  • tabascosåsspicy pepper sauce
Urdu ٹبیسکو
  • ٹبیسکو (ṭabaisko)spicy pepper sauce

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

tabasco. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tabasco

MLA

“tabasco.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tabasco. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tabasco,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tabasco.

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