nachos
- 01 B1 Intermediate
a snack or meal made of tortilla chips covered in cheese and other toppings.
a dish of tortilla chips topped with melted cheese and often additional ingredients such as salsa, sour cream, or meat.
Simple“We ordered a large plate of nachos to share while we watched the game.”
In context“The restaurant serves gourmet nachos topped with slow-cooked brisket, pickled onions, and a house-made queso sauce.”
UsageUsually plural; the singular 'nacho' refers to an individual chip.
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish nachos, from Nacho. Nacho is a common diminutive form of Ignacio (“Ignatius”) in Spanish. The Mexican creator of the dish, Ignacio Anaya (1895–1975), named it after himself in 1943: Nacho's Especiales.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.