taco

See also: TACO and tacó

English

A taco

Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish taco (“light lunch”, literally “stopper, plug, wad”).

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: tä′kō, IPA^(key): /ˈtɑkoʊ/, [ˈtʰɑkoʊ]
• (UK) enPR: tă′kō, IPA^(key): /ˈtækəʊ/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) enPR: täʹkō, IPA^(key): /ˈtɐːkəʊ/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): [ˈtʰä(ː)ko(ː)], [ˈtʰako(ː)]

• Audio (Canada):

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• Rhymes: -ækəʊ, -ɑːkəʊ
• Hyphenation: ta‧co

Noun

taco (plural tacos)

1. (cooking) A Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables, and salsa.
2. (US, slang) The vulva.

   Synonym: pink taco

   • 2007, Various, Sex & Seduction: 20 Erotic Stories, Accent Press Ltd, page 130:

     […] while grinding her pink taco into my groin as if trying to gain even more of my sizable ...

   • 2009, Albert Mudrian, Precious Metal: Decibel Presents the Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces, Da Capo Press, page 159:

     […] zombies have to eat and the best place to on any female is the pink taco.

   • 2015, Cynthia Dane, A Fragile Wife: A Billionaire Romance, Barachou Press:

     " […] was it really necessary to make your maid piss herself? Even if you think your husband is hiding his sausage in her taco, that was brazen. Jesus, Lana."

3. (US, slang) A yellow stain on a shirt's armpit caused by sweat or deodorant.

Derived terms

• Indian taco
• pink taco
• street taco
• taco bender
• taco-bender
• taco bumper
• taco fest
• taco nigger
• taco rice
• taco salad
• taco vampiro
• tuna taco
• vampire taco
• walking taco

 

Translations

Mexican snack food

• Arabic: تاكو m (tākū)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 墨西哥夾餅 / 墨西哥夹饼 (mak⁶sai¹go¹ gaap³ beng²)

  Mandarin: 玉米麵豆卷 / 玉米面豆卷 (yùmǐmiàn dòujuǎn), 墨西哥夾餅 / 墨西哥夹饼 (mòxīgē jiābǐng)

• Dutch: taco (nl) m
• Esperanto: tako
• Finnish: taco (fi)
• French: taco (fr) m
• German: Taco (de) m
• Indonesian: taco, tako
• Japanese: タコス (takosu), タコ (ja) (tako)
• Korean: 타코 (tako)
• Maori: tāko
• Nahuatl: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: tacos (pl) n
• Portuguese: taco (pt) m
• Russian: та́ко (ru) m (táko)
• Spanish: taco (es) m
• Swedish: taco c, tacos (sv)
• Yiddish: טאַקאָ m (tako)

Verb

taco (third-person singular simple present tacos, present participle tacoing, simple past and past participle tacoed)

1. (slang) To fold or cause to buckle in half, similar to the way a taco is folded.
   • 1996, Arizona Highways - Volume 72, page 9:

     The boat tacoed — the front and rear bent in — and I was holding onto a strap on the frame, sitting more on the tube than the frame, and I was catapulted forward.

   • 2003, Bob Roll, Bobke II, →ISBN, page 91:

     J.T. was in full scoop mode and whaling down the descent and he creamed into the dude, tacoed his front wheel, sheared off his front brake, and came as close to cursing as he ever has.

   • 2008, Sally Stenhouse Kneidel, Going Green: A Wise Consumer's Guide to a Shrinking Planet:

     I'd left it in neutral and it rolled straight back into the barn and tacoed that door.

   • 2016, Jennifer Moore, Safe Harbor, →ISBN:

     He turned off the light and laid on the couch, tacoing the pillow behind his head and inhaling the smell of Melanie Owen.

Further reading

• taco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Toca, Cato, coat, cota, CATO, ATOC, octa-, octa, Cota

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈta.ku]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈta.ko]

Verb

taco

1. first-person singular present indicative of tacar

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish taco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑko/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝ko̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑko
• Hyphenation^(key): ta‧co

Noun

taco

1. taco

Declension

Inflection of taco (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		taco	tacot
genitive		tacon	tacojen
partitive		tacoa	tacoja
illative		tacoon	tacoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		taco	tacot
accusative	nom.	taco	tacot
	gen.	tacon
genitive		tacon	tacojen
partitive		tacoa	tacoja
inessive		tacossa	tacoissa
elative		tacosta	tacoista
illative		tacoon	tacoihin
adessive		tacolla	tacoilla
ablative		tacolta	tacoilta
allative		tacolle	tacoille
essive		tacona	tacoina
translative		tacoksi	tacoiksi
abessive		tacotta	tacoitta
instructive		—	tacoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of taco (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative taconi taconi accusative nom. taconi taconi gen. taconi genitive taconi tacojeni partitive tacoani tacojani inessive tacossani tacoissani elative tacostani tacoistani illative tacooni tacoihini adessive tacollani tacoillani ablative tacoltani tacoiltani allative tacolleni tacoilleni essive taconani tacoinani translative tacokseni tacoikseni abessive tacottani tacoittani instructive — — comitative — tacoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tacosi tacosi accusative nom. tacosi tacosi gen. tacosi genitive tacosi tacojesi partitive tacoasi tacojasi inessive tacossasi tacoissasi elative tacostasi tacoistasi illative tacoosi tacoihisi adessive tacollasi tacoillasi ablative tacoltasi tacoiltasi allative tacollesi tacoillesi essive taconasi tacoinasi translative tacoksesi tacoiksesi abessive tacottasi tacoittasi instructive — — comitative — tacoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tacomme tacomme accusative nom. tacomme tacomme gen. tacomme genitive tacomme tacojemme partitive tacoamme tacojamme inessive tacossamme tacoissamme elative tacostamme tacoistamme illative tacoomme tacoihimme adessive tacollamme tacoillamme ablative tacoltamme tacoiltamme allative tacollemme tacoillemme essive taconamme tacoinamme translative tacoksemme tacoiksemme abessive tacottamme tacoittamme instructive — — comitative — tacoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative taconne taconne accusative nom. taconne taconne gen. taconne genitive taconne tacojenne partitive tacoanne tacojanne inessive tacossanne tacoissanne elative tacostanne tacoistanne illative tacoonne tacoihinne adessive tacollanne tacoillanne ablative tacoltanne tacoiltanne allative tacollenne tacoillenne essive taconanne tacoinanne translative tacoksenne tacoiksenne abessive tacottanne tacoittanne instructive — — comitative — tacoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative taconsa taconsa accusative nom. taconsa taconsa gen. taconsa genitive taconsa tacojensa partitive tacoaan tacoansa tacojaan tacojansa inessive tacossaan tacossansa tacoissaan tacoissansa elative tacostaan tacostansa tacoistaan tacoistansa illative tacoonsa tacoihinsa adessive tacollaan tacollansa tacoillaan tacoillansa ablative tacoltaan tacoltansa tacoiltaan tacoiltansa allative tacolleen tacollensa tacoilleen tacoillensa essive taconaan taconansa tacoinaan tacoinansa translative tacokseen tacoksensa tacoikseen tacoiksensa abessive tacottaan tacottansa tacoittaan tacoittansa instructive — — comitative — tacoineen tacoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• tacokuori
• taconkuori

 

Further reading

• “taco”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.t͡ʃo/, [ˈt̪a.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃo
• Hyphenation: ta‧co

Noun

taco (plural taco-taco)

1. (cooking) Alternative spelling of tako (“taco”)

Further reading

• “taco” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish taco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ko/
• Rhymes: -ako
• Hyphenation: tà‧co

Noun

taco m (plural tacos)

1. (cooking) taco (Mexican snack food)

Further reading

• taco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀢𑀘𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• तचो (Devanagari script)
• তচো (Bengali script)
• තචො (Sinhalese script)
• တစော or တၸေႃ (Burmese script)
• ตโจ or ตะโจ (Thai script)
• ᨲᨧᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕໂຈ or ຕະໂຈ (Lao script)
• តចោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄌𑄮 (Chakma script)

Noun

taco

1. nominative singular of taca (“skin”)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.t͡sɔ/
• Rhymes: -at͡sɔ
• Syllabification: ta‧co

Noun

taco f

1. vocative singular of taca

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ku/

• Rhymes: -aku

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

taco m (plural tacos)

1. (sports) cue; bat; stick (any long implement used to hit the ball or puck in certain sports)
2. (Brazil) bete-ombro

Derived terms

• tacada
• tacar

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish taco.

Noun

taco m (plural tacos)

1. taco (a Mexican snack food)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

taco

1. first-person singular present indicative of tacar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtako/ [ˈt̪a.ko]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: ta‧co

Etymology 1

Uncertain, probably borrowed from Italian tacco; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *takkô (“spike, nail”).

Noun

taco m (plural tacos)

1. (Mexico, cooking) taco
2. peg (a short, thick piece of wood, metal, or other material)
3. dowel (a longer piece of wood, plastic, or other material)
4. stopper, plug, wad (small bundle of material made to cover, stop, or fill a hole)
5. (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay) heel (of a shoe)
6. (sports) cue (a stick used to play billiards, snooker, pool, etc)
7. (Chile) traffic jam
8. (Spain) curse word, swear word

   Synonyms: juramento, palabrota, voto

   Empezó a soltar tacos. ― He started swearing.

9. (Spain, colloquial) a load, a lot

   Synonym: montón

10. (Spain, colloquial, in the plural) years of age

    Synonyms: año, primavera

    Hoy cumplo veinticinco tacos. ― Today, I turn twenty-five years old.

11. (Mexico, colloquial) small, pointed projections on the bottom of football boots which provide traction and stability on various surfaces.

    Synonym: tachones

    Tacos arriba, muchachos. ― Studs up, lads!

Derived terms

• atacar
• taco chino
• taco de ojo
• tacón
• taquería
• taquito
• taquiza

 

Descendants

• → English: taco

See also

• billar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

taco

1. first-person singular present indicative of tacar

Further reading

• taco on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
• “taco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• acto, cato, cota, toca

Swedish

ett fyllt tacoskal [a filled taco shell]

Noun

taco c

1. (cooking) a taco

   Vi borde äta tacos ikväll

   We should have tacos tonight

Usage notes

• The plural "tacos" refers to the dish, like in English, and occasionally also to a single taco.
• People sometimes think of "tacos" as a dish in the singular, giving "tacosen [one definite plural form] var god [singular]" instead of "tacosen var goda [plural]" for multiple tacos. That might have affected that particular definite plural form, which is a bit unintuitive otherwise. Compare how "the leftover pizza" can refer to multiple pizzas.

Declension

Declension of taco

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	taco	tacos
	definite	tacon	tacons
plural	indefinite	tacos	tacos
	definite	tacosen, tacosarna	tacosens, tacosarnas

Derived terms

• tacoskal (“taco shell”)

References

• taco in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Venetan

Etymology

Compare Italian tacco.

Noun

taco m (plural tachi)

1. heel