nachos

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UK/ˈnætʃəʊz/US/ˈnɑt͡ʃoʊz/US/nɑt͡ʃɒs //ˈnɑxəs/

noun

A Mexican dish of tortilla chips, covered in melted cheese and sometimes other ingredients.

OriginMexican Spanish nachos →
Less commonScrabble 11
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Meanings

nachos1

nounnachos pl (normally plural, singular nacho)

singular nacho

  1. pluralplural normallyA Mexican dish of tortilla chips, covered in melted cheese and sometimes other ingredients.
noun
  1. pluralplural of nacho

nachos2

nounnachos (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of naches.

Origin

  1. Mexican Spanishnachos
  2. Englishnachos

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish nachos, from Nacho. Nacho is a common diminutive form of Ignacio (“Ignatius”) in Spanish. The Mexican creator of the dish, Ignacio Anaya (1895–1975), named it after himself in 1943: Nacho's Especiales.

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Translations

German Nachos
  • Nachosdish
Japanese ナチョス
  • ナチョス (nachosu)dish
Polish nachos, naczos
  • nachosdish
  • naczosdish
Swedish nachos
  • nachosdish
Yiddish נאַטשאָס
  • נאַטשאָס (natshos)dish

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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