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nacho

UK/ˈnæt͡ʃəʊ/US/ˈnɑt͡ʃoʊ/
nounB1+Common in everyday speech and writing · #7,349 of 15,258leans spoken

Other forms: nachos

A nacho is a tortilla chip served with cheese and peppers. A plate of nachos, nacho cheese.

The dish was invented in 1943 in a Mexican border town by a man whose nickname was Nacho. Nachos are nearly always plural, since nobody is served one.

chee.hong from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · CC BY 2.0

Definitions of nacho

  1. 1nounnachoA tortilla chip served with cheese and peppers.B1+

    “One nacho at the bottom of the plate had all the cheese on it.”

nacho is a food.

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