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/toɾˈtiʎa/ ES
/toɾˈtiʝa/ MX
Translation
omelette (Spain); tortilla, flatbread (Mexico, Central America)
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Word origin
A diminutive of torta ('cake, round flat loaf'), from Late Latin torta. In Mexico the Spanish applied the name to the Nahuatl tlaxcalli, the flat maize bread, because it looked like a little torta.
- Origin
- Late Latin
- Root
- torta
- English cognates
- torte
Grammar
Examples
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My grandmother makes the best potato omelette in Spain.
México .
In Mexico we eat corn tortillas with almost everything.
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Does your omelette have onion in it or not?
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I bought a kilo of warm tortillas at the market.
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To make a plain omelette, all you need is eggs.
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