pasilla

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/pəˈsiːjə/

noun

A variety of chili (a dried chilaca), used especially in sauces.

OriginSpanish pasilla →
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Meanings

nounpasilla (plural pasillas)

plural pasillas

  1. A variety of chili (a dried chilaca), used especially in sauces.
    1 more example

    Is it worth $9.99 to have someone buy and cook short ribs, shred them, season them with chipotle, arbol and pasilla chilies, mix them with slices of nopales (cactus paddles), fill two soft tortillas with the mixture and slather them with a rich sauce so you can have beef short rib enchiladas with salsa mestiza and cactus for dinner?

    2007 April 18, Florence Fabricant, “A Serving of Kalderetang, and a Guy to Explain It”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Spanishpasilla
  2. Englishpasilla

From the Spanish pasilla, diminutive of pasa (“raisin”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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