tlacoyo

English

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish tlacoyo, from Nahuatl tlahtlaōyoh.

Noun

tlacoyo (plural tlacoyos)

1. A Mexican dish consisting of a fried and stuffed masa cake.
   • 2023 July 7, Rick A. Martínez, “For the Best Tortillas (and Gorditas and Tetelas), You Need Fresh Masa”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     When it opened in 2018, Suerte was one of the few restaurants in the country making masa from heirloom varieties of corn and using it to make tortillas, tlacoyos, tlayudas, tamales and taquitos.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tlahtlaōyoh.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tlaˈkoʝo/ [t̪laˈko.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /tlaˈkoʝo/ [t̪laˈko.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tlaˈkoʃo/ [t̪laˈko.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tlaˈkoʒo/ [t̪laˈko.ʒo]

• Rhymes: -oʝo
• Syllabification: tla‧co‧yo

Noun

tlacoyo m (plural tlacoyos)

1. (Mexico) tlacoyo

Further reading

• “tlacoyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28