Spanish food loanwords

1. Spanish food loanwords By Kelly & Angel

2. tortilla • A thin round of unleavened cornmeal or wheat flour bread usually eaten hot with a topping or filling. • It is used in English for a more restricted range of foods, mainly a potato-based omelet originating in Spain, and for a flatbread made from corn or wheat.

3. Taco • Traditional Mexican dishmade by cornsor wheattortilla rolled around a filling. A taco can be made with a variety of fillings, including beef, pork, chicken, seafood, vegetable and cheese. A taco often accompanied by garnish such as salsa, avocado or guacamole, cilantro, tomatoes, minced meat, onions and lettuce.

4. salsa • a spicy sauce of tomatoes, onions, and hot peppers

5. maize • Maizeknown in many English-speaking countries as corn, is a grain domesticated by indigenous people in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times.

6. barbecue • Spanish: barbacoa

7. vanilla • Spanish: vainilla

8. Jalapeño • The jalapeño or jalapenois a medium-sized chili pepper.

9. paella • a saffron-flavored dish containing rice, meat, seafood, and vegetables

10. cocoa • Spanish: cacao • a: powdered ground roasted cacao beans from which a portion of the fat has been removed • b: a beverage prepared by heating cocoa with water or milk

11. tequila • Spanish: Tequila • Tequila is a distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila, Mexico. tequila sunrise

12. avocado Guacamole

13. Tapioca • Tapioca is a staple food in some regions and is used worldwide as a thickening agent, mainly in foods. • The main ingredient of our Pearl Milk Tea

14. Chili • Spanish: chile Chili Con Carne