tortilla
See also: Tortilla
English
![](Images/wiktionary/NCI_flour_tortillas.jpg.webp)
flour tortillas (1)
![](Images/wiktionary/Tortilla_Espa%C3%B1ola-2011.JPG.webp)
Spanish omelette (2)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tortilla.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɔːˈtijə/, /tɔːˈti.ə/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /tɔɹˈti.ə/, /tɔɹˈtijə/, [tɔɹˈtʰijə]
- Rhymes: -iːə
Noun
tortilla (plural tortillas)
- (Mexican cuisine) A flat round bread made out of cornmeal or flour.
- 2001, Rafaela Castro, Chicano Folklore, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 230:
- From this dough are shaped small round forms, or a tortilla press can be used to more easily flatten many perfectly round, thin cakes. Tortilla machines, found all over Mexico and the Southwest, can produce hundreds of tortillas per hour.
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- (Spanish cuisine) Spanish omelette; an omelette containing potatoes and onions.
- 2004, The Student Cookbook, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
- An authentic Spanish tortilla is traditionally made with just eggs, potatoes, onions, salt and pepper, but this version contains sliced red and green peppers for a bit of extra colour and flavour.
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Translations
a flat round bread
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Spanish omelette — see Spanish omelette
Further reading
tortilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- littoral
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtortilːɑ/, [ˈt̪o̞rt̪ilːɑ]
- Rhymes: -ortilːɑ
- Syllabification(key): tor‧til‧la
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish tortilla.
Noun
tortilla
- tortilla
- a tortilla-based dish; a burrito
Declension
Inflection of tortilla (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
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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 |
Possessive forms of tortilla (type katiska) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | tortillani | tortillamme |
2nd person | tortillasi | tortillanne |
3rd person | tortillansa |
Derived terms
- maissitortilla
- vehnätortilla
Noun
tortilla
- adessive singular of tortti
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔʁ.ti.ja/
Audio (file)
Verb
tortilla
- third-person singular past historic of tortiller
Anagrams
- littoral
Galician
![](Images/wiktionary/Tortilla_Espa%C3%B1ola-2011.JPG.webp)
Spanish omelette
![](Images/wiktionary/FoodOmelete.jpg.webp)
Omelette
Etymology
From Spanish tortilla.
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
- tortillera
- tortillería
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tortilla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔrˈtil.la/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -illa
- Syllabification: tor‧til‧la
Noun
tortilla f
- tortilla (flat round bread)
- Spanish omelette
Declension
Declension of tortilla
singular | plural | |
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nominative | tortilla | tortille |
genitive | tortilli | tortilli |
dative | tortilli | tortillom |
accusative | tortillę | tortille |
instrumental | tortillą | tortillami |
locative | tortilli | tortillach |
vocative | tortillo | tortille |
Further reading
- tortilla in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- tortilla in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
![](Images/wiktionary/Tortilla_Espa%C3%B1ola-2011.JPG.webp)
Spanish omelette
![](Images/wiktionary/FoodOmelete.jpg.webp)
Omelette
![](Images/wiktionary/NCI_flour_tortillas.jpg.webp)
Tortilla (flour tortilla)
Etymology
From Old Spanish tortiella, diminutive of torta (“round flatbread”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /toɾˈtiʝa/ [t̪oɾˈt̪i.ʝa]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /toɾˈtiʎa/ [t̪oɾˈt̪i.ʎa]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /toɾˈtiʃa/ [t̪oɾˈt̪i.ʃa]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /toɾˈtiʒa/ [t̪oɾˈt̪i.ʒa]
- (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: tor‧ti‧lla
Noun
tortilla f (plural tortillas)
- (Spain and most Hispanic countries) Spanish omelette, tortilla (omelette)
- Synonyms: (Spain) tortilla de patatas, (Hispanic America, Canary Islands) tortilla de papas, tortilla española
- (Spain and most Hispanic countries) omelette
- Synonym: tortilla francesa
- (Mexico, Central America) tortilla (flatbread)
- Synonyms: tortilla de harina de trigo, tortilla de harina, tortilla de trigo
Derived terms
- tortilla payesa
Related terms
- tortillera
- tortillería
Descendants
- → English: tortilla
- → Finnish: tortilla
- → Galician: tortilla
- → German: Tortilla
- → Polish: tortilla
Further reading
- “tortilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014