nacho

See also: Nacho

English

Etymology

From nachos.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnæt͡ʃəʊ/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈnɑt͡ʃoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ætʃəʊ

Noun

nacho (plural nachos)

  1. A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nacho.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈna.t͡ʃu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈna.t͡ʃo/
 

  • Rhymes: -aʃu, -at͡ʃu
  • Hyphenation: na‧cho

Noun

nacho m (plural nachos)

  1. (usually in the plural) nacho (Mexican dish of tortilla chips)

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnat͡ʃo/ [ˈna.t͡ʃo]
  • Rhymes: -atʃo
  • Syllabification: na‧cho

Etymology 1

From the personal name Nacho; the Mexican creator of the dish, Ignacio Anaya (1895–1975), named it after himself in 1943. Nacho is a diminutive form of Ignacio.

Noun

nacho m (plural nachos)

  1. nacho

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin nāsus (“nose”). Compare Portuguese nacho.

Adjective

nacho (feminine nacha, masculine plural nachos, feminine plural nachas)

  1. (Asturias) pug-nosed

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Swahili

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Prepositional phrase

nacho

  1. ki class(VII) inflected form of na

See also
Object-inflected forms of na
Singular Plural
1st person nami nasi
2nd person nawe nanyi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) naye nao
m-mi(III/IV) nao nayo
ji-ma(V/VI) nalo nayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) nacho navyo
n(IX/X) nayo nazo
u(XI) nao see n(X) or ma(VI)
ku(XV/XVII) nako
pa(XVI) napo
mu(XVIII) namo
For a full table, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.
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