quesadilla
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish quesadilla.
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Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌkeɪ̯səˈdiː(l)jə/, [ˌkʰeɪ̯səˈdiːl(j)ə], /ˌkeɪ̯səˈdiːə/
Audio (UK) (file) - (US) enPR: kāsədē′ə, IPA(key): /ˌkeɪ̯səˈdi(j)ə/, [ˌkʰeɪ̯səˈdi(j)ə]
- Rhymes: -iːə
Noun
quesadilla (plural quesadillas)
- A Mexican dish made by filling a tortilla with cheese and sometimes other ingredients and then cooking it until the cheese is melted.
Derived terms
- quesalupa
- quesarito
Translations
Mexican dish
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Spanish
Etymology
From quesada + -illa, in turn from queso + -ada (compare the development of frijolada, mariscada).[1] One folk etymology more directly derives the word from a portmanteau of queso and tortilla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kesaˈdiʝa/ [ke.saˈð̞i.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kesaˈdiʎa/ [ke.saˈð̞i.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kesaˈdiʃa/ [ke.saˈð̞i.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kesaˈdiʒa/ [ke.saˈð̞i.ʒa]
Audio (Mexico) (file)
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa
- Syllabification: que‧sa‧di‧lla
Noun
quesadilla f (plural quesadillas)
- quesadilla
- (El Salvador) a type of pan dulce made with rice flour and queso duro blanco and topped with sesame seeds, known elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world as a quesadilla salvadoreña
Related terms
- queso
Descendants
- English: quesadilla
See also
- molote
- sincronizada
References
- “quesadilla, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022.
Further reading
- “quesadilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014