different between nachos vs queso

English

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish nachos, from Nacho. Nacho is a common diminutive form of Ignacio in Spanish. The Mexican creator of the dish, Ignacio Anaya, named it after himself.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?t?o?z/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?næt???z/

Noun

nachos pl (plural only)

1. A Mexican dish of tortilla chips, sometimes covered in melted cheese.

Derived terms

• naco
• totchos

Translations

Noun

nachos

1. plural of nacho

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?x?s/

Noun

nachos (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of naches

References

Anagrams

• Chason, Cohans, Sancho, anchos

Italian

Noun

nachos m pl (plural only)

1. nachos

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nachos.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?na.t??us/, /?na.t??u?/

Noun

nachos m pl

1. nachos (Mexican dish of tortilla chips)

Spanish

Noun

nachos m pl

1. plural of nacho

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish queso, as found in Tex-Mex cuisine. Doublet of cheese.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ke?so?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ke?s??/
• Rhymes: -e?s??

Noun

queso (uncountable)

1. Melted cheese, used for instance as a dipping sauce.

Derived terms

• chili con queso

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin c?seum, accusative of c?seus. Cognate with Old Leonese keso and Old Portuguese queijo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ke.zo]

Noun

queso m (plural quesos)

1. cheese
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 12v.

     Et ?i la fregan con la leche. lo q? ende ?ale, quaia toda la leche ?obre q? la pongan ¬ por ende los daq?lla tierra u?an della en ?us q?sos. ¬ en toda otra co?a de leche q? quieré quaiar.

     And if they wash it with milk, what results from it curdles the milk into which it is put, and so the people of that land use it in their cheeses, or in any other dairy thing they wish to curdle.

Descendants

• Ladino: kézo
• Spanish: queso (see there for further descendants)

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish queso, from Latin c?seus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwat- (“to ferment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?keso/, [?ke.so]

Noun

queso m (plural quesos)

1. cheese

   Synonym: formaje

2. (Spain, colloquial) foot

Derived terms

(diminutive quesillo or quesito or quesín)

Related terms

• caseoso
• quesadilla
• quesero, quesera
• requesón

Descendants

All are borrowed.

Further reading

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