taquito

Borrowed from Spanish taquito.

• Rhymes: -iːtəʊ

taquito (plural taquitos)

1. A fried corn or flour tortilla, filled usually with beef or chicken and cheese, rolled up, and dipped in a form of salsa, or guacamole.

   She preferred taquitos to regular tacos because she found them less messy.

• IPA^(key): /taˈkito/ [t̪aˈki.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: ta‧qui‧to

taquito m (plural taquitos)

1. a rolled-up taco
2. Diminutive of taco

• “taquito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014