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Webster 1913 Edition
Tortilla
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Tor-til′la
,Noun.
[Sp.]
An unleavened cake, as of maize flour, baked on a heated iron or stone.
Definition 2025
tortilla
tortilla
English
flour tortillas
Spanish omelette
Noun
tortilla (plural tortillas)
- (Mexico) A flat round bread made out of cornmeal or flour. In Mexican cuisine they are often served with a filling or topping such as frijoles "beans", carne "meat", salsa "sauce", sour cream and cheese, in which case they are called quesadillas.
- (Spain) Spanish omelette; an omelette containing potatoes and onions
Translations
a flat round bread
Spanish omelette — see Spanish omelette
Anagrams
Finnish
Noun
tortilla
Declension
| Inflection of tortilla (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tortilla | tortillat | |
| genitive | tortillan | tortilloiden tortilloitten tortillojen |
|
| partitive | tortillaa | tortilloita tortilloja |
|
| illative | tortillaan | tortilloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tortilla | tortillat | |
| accusative | nom. | tortilla | tortillat |
| gen. | tortillan | ||
| genitive | tortillan | tortilloiden tortilloitten tortillojen tortillainrare |
|
| partitive | tortillaa | tortilloita tortilloja |
|
| inessive | tortillassa | tortilloissa | |
| elative | tortillasta | tortilloista | |
| illative | tortillaan | tortilloihin | |
| adessive | tortillalla | tortilloilla | |
| ablative | tortillalta | tortilloilta | |
| allative | tortillalle | tortilloille | |
| essive | tortillana | tortilloina | |
| translative | tortillaksi | tortilloiksi | |
| instructive | — | tortilloin | |
| abessive | tortillatta | tortilloitta | |
| comitative | — | tortilloineen | |
Galician
Spanish omelette
Omelette
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toɾˈtiʎa/
Noun
tortilla f (plural tortillas)
- Spanish omelette, tortilla
- omelette
- (rare) tortilla
Synonyms
- (Spanish omelette) tortilla de patacas, tortilla española
- (omelette) tortilla francesa
- (tortilla) tortilla de fariña de trigo, tortilla de fariña, tortilla de trigo
Related terms
Spanish
Spanish omelette
Omelette
Tortilla (flour tortilla)
Etymology
From Old Spanish tortiella, diminutive of torta (“round flatbread”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toɾˈtiʎa/
Noun
tortilla f (plural tortillas)
- (Spain and most Hispanic countries) Spanish omelette, tortilla
- (Spain and most Hispanic countries) omelette
- (Mexico and Central America) tortilla
Synonyms
- (Spanish omelette) tortilla de patatas (Spain), tortilla de papas (Hispanic America, Canary Islands), tortilla española
- (omelette) tortilla francesa
- (tortilla) tortilla de harina de trigo, tortilla de harina, tortilla de trigo