taco

«taco» in Mova's school dictionary: a Mexican food made of a folded corn or wheat tortilla (a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a taco, tacos)

meaning for a pupil

A taco is a Mexican food made of a folded corn or wheat tortilla (a thin flat bread) filled with meat, beans, cheese, salad or other food. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, especially in the USA, Canada and Australia, tacos are popular at home, school lunches and restaurants («Taco Tuesday»). In maths word problems tacos are counted and shared: «each person eats 3 tacos». Phrases: a taco shell, fish tacos, taco night.

examples

• We have tacos for dinner on Tuesdays. tree →
• I put cheese, beans and lettuce in my taco. tree →
• The taco shell broke when I bit it. tree →
• Fish tacos are popular by the sea. tree →
• There are 4 people and each eats 3 tacos, so we need 12 tacos. tree →
• Can I have another taco, please? tree →

note

Plural: tacos (not tacoes). The word comes from Spanish. Related Mexican foods: burrito (a rolled tortilla), nachos, tortilla. In maths, «a pack of 12 taco shells» means 12 in each pack.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «taco» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.