different between queso vs 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.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish nacho, from Nacho, nickname for Ignacio, the name of the creator of nacho chips.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?næt????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?t??o?/

Noun

nacho (plural nachos)

1. A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.

Anagrams

• Chaon, Cohan, ancho

Translations

Spanish

Etymology

From Nacho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nat??o/, [?na.t??o]

Adjective

nacho (feminine nacha, masculine plural nachos, feminine plural nachas)

1. (Asturias) pug-nosed

Noun

nacho m (plural nachos)

1. nacho

Anagrams

• ancho