tostone

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noun

A Mexican dish of fried, sliced unripe plantain.

OriginSpanish tostón →
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Meanings

nountostone (plural tostones)

plural tostones

  1. A Mexican dish of fried, sliced unripe plantain.

Origin

  1. Spanishtostón
  2. Englishtostone

From Spanish tostón, probably as a back-formation from the plural, tostones. Tostón is from tostar (“to toast”).

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Translations

Spanish tostón
  • tostónMexican dish of fried, sliced plantain

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

testoonOtteson
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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