quesadilla

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish quesadilla.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌkeɪ̯səˈdiː(l)jə/, [ˌkʰeɪ̯səˈdiːl(j)ə], /ˌkeɪ̯səˈdiːə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) enPR: kāsədē′ə, IPA(key): /ˌkeɪ̯səˈdi(j)ə/, [ˌkʰeɪ̯səˈdi(j)ə]
  • Rhymes: -iːə

Noun

quesadilla (plural quesadillas)

  1. A Mexican dish made by filling a tortilla with cheese and sometimes other ingredients and then cooking it until the cheese is melted.

Derived terms

Translations

Spanish

Etymology

From quesada +‎ -illa, in turn from queso +‎ -ada (compare the development of frijolada, mariscada).[1] One folk etymology more directly derives the word from a portmanteau of queso and tortilla.

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kesaˈdiʝa/ [ke.saˈð̞i.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /kesaˈdiʎa/ [ke.saˈð̞i.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kesaˈdiʃa/ [ke.saˈð̞i.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kesaˈdiʒa/ [ke.saˈð̞i.ʒa]

  • (Mexico)
    Audio:(file)
 
  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

  • Syllabification: que‧sa‧di‧lla

Noun

quesadilla f (plural quesadillas)

  1. quesadilla
  2. (El Salvador) a type of pan dulce made with rice flour and queso duro blanco and topped with sesame seeds, known elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world as a quesadilla salvadoreña

Descendants
  • English: quesadilla

See also

References
  1. “quesadilla, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022.

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