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Date: 1900-2000
Language: Mexican Spanish
Origin: Spanish, 'wad, snack'

taco

 noun
     
Related topics: Food
tac‧o plural tacos [countable]
DF a type of Mexican food made from a corn tortilla that is folded in half and filled with meat, beans etc
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