Meanings
nountaqueria (plural taquerias)
plural taquerias · alternative taquería
- USA restaurant specializing in tacos and other Mexican food.
But as soon as I walked past the nearest taqueria, as I felt the grease settle on my skin, and heard the scrape of spatulas on the grill, as soon as I ordered and felt the immensity of my relief—I think I knew.
2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 50
Origin
- Italiantaccobor.?
- Spanishtaco?
- Nahuatltlahco
- Spanishtaco
- Spanishtaquería
- Englishtaqueria
Borrowed from Spanish taquería.
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French taquéria
- taquériarestaurant specializing in tacos
Italian taqueria
- taqueriarestaurant specializing in tacos
Russian такери́я
- такери́я (takeríja)restaurant specializing in tacos
Spanish taquería
- taqueríarestaurant specializing in tacos
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with taqueria
viaideaKoreaeamariaTanzaniaLuciaGarciamiaEritrealeaBeadiarrheaLeahsheariaureaHoseapizzeriaSandiatortillaPadillaTheachia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
taqueria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taqueria
MLA
“taqueria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taqueria. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “taqueria,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taqueria.
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