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taco

See also: TACO and tacó

English

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A taco

Etymology

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Borrowed from Mexican Spanish taco (“light lunch”, literally “stopper, plug, wad”).

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Noun

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taco (plural tacos)

  1. (cooking) A Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables, and salsa.
  2. (US, slang) The vulva.
    Synonym: pink taco
    • 2007, Various, Sex & Seduction: 20 Erotic Stories, Accent Press Ltd, page 130:
      […] while grinding her pink taco into my groin as if trying to gain even more of my sizable ...
    • 2009, Albert Mudrian, Precious Metal: Decibel Presents the Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces, Da Capo Press, page 159:
      […] zombies have to eat and the best place to on any female is the pink taco.
    • 2015, Cynthia Dane, A Fragile Wife: A Billionaire Romance, Barachou Press:
      " […] was it really necessary to make your maid piss herself? Even if you think your husband is hiding his sausage in her taco, that was brazen. Jesus, Lana."
  3. (US, slang) A yellow stain on a shirt's armpit caused by sweat or deodorant.

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Verb

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taco (third-person singular simple present tacos, present participle tacoing, simple past and past participle tacoed)

  1. (slang) To fold or cause to buckle in half, similar to the way a taco is folded.
    • 1996, Arizona Highways - Volume 72, page 9:
      The boat tacoed — the front and rear bent in — and I was holding onto a strap on the frame, sitting more on the tube than the frame, and I was catapulted forward.
    • 2003, Bob Roll, Bobke II, →ISBN, page 91:
      J.T. was in full scoop mode and whaling down the descent and he creamed into the dude, tacoed his front wheel, sheared off his front brake, and came as close to cursing as he ever has.
    • 2008, Sally Stenhouse Kneidel, Going Green: A Wise Consumer's Guide to a Shrinking Planet:
      I'd left it in neutral and it rolled straight back into the barn and tacoed that door.
    • 2016, Jennifer Moore, Safe Harbor, →ISBN:
      He turned off the light and laid on the couch, tacoing the pillow behind his head and inhaling the smell of Melanie Owen.

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Catalan

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Verb

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taco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tacar

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Spanish taco.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑko/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝ko̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑko
  • Hyphenation(key): ta‧co

Noun

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taco

  1. taco

Declension

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Inflection of taco (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative taco tacot
genitive tacon tacojen
partitive tacoa tacoja
illative tacoon tacoihin
singular plural
nominative taco tacot
accusative nom. taco tacot
gen. tacon
genitive tacon tacojen
partitive tacoa tacoja
inessive tacossa tacoissa
elative tacosta tacoista
illative tacoon tacoihin
adessive tacolla tacoilla
ablative tacolta tacoilta
allative tacolle tacoille
essive tacona tacoina
translative tacoksi tacoiksi
abessive tacotta tacoitta
instructive — tacoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of taco (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative taconi taconi
accusative nom. taconi taconi
gen. taconi
genitive taconi tacojeni
partitive tacoani tacojani
inessive tacossani tacoissani
elative tacostani tacoistani
illative tacooni tacoihini
adessive tacollani tacoillani
ablative tacoltani tacoiltani
allative tacolleni tacoilleni
essive taconani tacoinani
translative tacokseni tacoikseni
abessive tacottani tacoittani
instructive — —
comitative — tacoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tacosi tacosi
accusative nom. tacosi tacosi
gen. tacosi
genitive tacosi tacojesi
partitive tacoasi tacojasi
inessive tacossasi tacoissasi
elative tacostasi tacoistasi
illative tacoosi tacoihisi
adessive tacollasi tacoillasi
ablative tacoltasi tacoiltasi
allative tacollesi tacoillesi
essive taconasi tacoinasi
translative tacoksesi tacoiksesi
abessive tacottasi tacoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — tacoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tacomme tacomme
accusative nom. tacomme tacomme
gen. tacomme
genitive tacomme tacojemme
partitive tacoamme tacojamme
inessive tacossamme tacoissamme
elative tacostamme tacoistamme
illative tacoomme tacoihimme
adessive tacollamme tacoillamme
ablative tacoltamme tacoiltamme
allative tacollemme tacoillemme
essive taconamme tacoinamme
translative tacoksemme tacoiksemme
abessive tacottamme tacoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — tacoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative taconne taconne
accusative nom. taconne taconne
gen. taconne
genitive taconne tacojenne
partitive tacoanne tacojanne
inessive tacossanne tacoissanne
elative tacostanne tacoistanne
illative tacoonne tacoihinne
adessive tacollanne tacoillanne
ablative tacoltanne tacoiltanne
allative tacollenne tacoillenne
essive taconanne tacoinanne
translative tacoksenne tacoiksenne
abessive tacottanne tacoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — tacoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative taconsa taconsa
accusative nom. taconsa taconsa
gen. taconsa
genitive taconsa tacojensa
partitive tacoaan
tacoansa 		tacojaan
tacojansa
inessive tacossaan
tacossansa 		tacoissaan
tacoissansa
elative tacostaan
tacostansa 		tacoistaan
tacoistansa
illative tacoonsa tacoihinsa
adessive tacollaan
tacollansa 		tacoillaan
tacoillansa
ablative tacoltaan
tacoltansa 		tacoiltaan
tacoiltansa
allative tacolleen
tacollensa 		tacoilleen
tacoillensa
essive taconaan
taconansa 		tacoinaan
tacoinansa
translative tacokseen
tacoksensa 		tacoikseen
tacoiksensa
abessive tacottaan
tacottansa 		tacoittaan
tacoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — tacoineen
tacoinensa

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈta.t͡ʃo/, [ˈt̪a.t͡ʃo]
  • Rhymes: -t͡ʃo
  • Hyphenation: ta‧co

Noun

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taco (plural taco-taco)

  1. (cooking) Alternative spelling of tako (“taco”)

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Italian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Spanish taco.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈta.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ako
  • Hyphenation: tà‧co

Noun

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taco m (plural tacos)

  1. (cooking) taco (Mexican snack food)

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  • taco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Pali

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taco

  1. nominative singular of taca (“skin”)

Polish

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taco f

  1. vocative singular of taca

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Unknown.

Noun

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taco m (plural tacos)

  1. (sports) cue; bat; stick (any long implement used to hit the ball or puck in certain sports)
  2. (Brazil) bete-ombro
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish taco.

Noun

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taco m (plural tacos)

  1. taco (a Mexican snack food)

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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taco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tacar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtako/ [ˈt̪a.ko]
  • Rhymes: -ako
  • Syllabification: ta‧co

Etymology 1

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Uncertain, probably borrowed from Italian tacco; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *takkô (“spike, nail”).

Noun

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taco m (plural tacos)

  1. (Mexico, cooking) taco
  2. peg (a short, thick piece of wood, metal, or other material)
  3. dowel (a longer piece of wood, plastic, or other material)
  4. stopper, plug, wad (small bundle of material made to cover, stop, or fill a hole)
  5. (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay) heel (of a shoe)
  6. (sports) cue (a stick used to play billiards, snooker, pool, etc)
  7. (Chile) traffic jam
  8. (Spain) curse word, swear word
    Synonyms: juramento, palabrota, voto
    Empezó a soltar tacos. ― He started swearing.
  9. (Spain, colloquial) a load, a lot
    Synonym: montón
  10. (Spain, colloquial, in the plural) years of age
    Synonyms: año, primavera
    Hoy cumplo veinticinco tacos. ― Today, I turn twenty-five years old.
  11. (Mexico, colloquial) small, pointed projections on the bottom of football boots which provide traction and stability on various surfaces.
    Synonym: tachones
    Tacos arriba, muchachos. ― Studs up, lads!
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Descendants
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  • → English: taco
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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taco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tacar

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Anagrams

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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ett fyllt tacoskal [a filled taco shell]

Noun

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taco c

  1. (cooking) a taco
    Vi borde äta tacos ikväll
    We should have tacos tonight

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  • The plural "tacos" refers to the dish, like in English, and occasionally also to a single taco.
  • People sometimes think of "tacos" as a dish in the singular, giving "tacosen [one definite plural form] var god [singular]" instead of "tacosen var goda [plural]" for multiple tacos. That might have affected that particular definite plural form, which is a bit unintuitive otherwise. Compare how "the leftover pizza" can refer to multiple pizzas.

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Declension of taco
nominative genitive
singular indefinite taco tacos
definite tacon tacons
plural indefinite tacos tacos
definite tacosen, tacosarna tacosens, tacosarnas

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Venetan

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Etymology

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Compare Italian tacco.

Noun

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taco m (plural tachi)

  1. heel
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