tuco

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noun

A tomato-based pasta sauce, similar to a ragout or bolognese, traditionally consumed in South America.

OriginSpanish tuco →
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Meanings

nountuco (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA tomato-based pasta sauce, similar to a ragout or bolognese, traditionally consumed in South America.

    Customize your tuco sauce: add sliced mushrooms, diced aubergine or sliced spinach, or think of some ideas of your own.

    2017, Carolyn Caldicott, World Street Food: Easy Recipes for Young Travellers, London: Pimpernel Press Ltd., →ISBN, page 61
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    We ate ñoqui in a tuco sauce that they'd ordered already prepared, and Soriano and I drank wine, a De Lucca cabernet sauvignon, while Felip didn't drink anything at all […]

    2015, John M. Keller, Abracadabrantesque, New York, N.Y.; […]: Dr. Cicero Books, →ISBN, page 440

Origin

  1. Spanishtuco
  2. Englishtuco

Borrowed from Spanish tuco.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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