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chicken taco

chicken taco

1 1.0
A folded tortilla filled with cooked chicken and toppings like salsa and cheese
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃɪkɪn ˈtɑːkoʊ/
translation icon : taco de pollo
  • If I like having chicken tacos, I'm going to do maybe chickpea tacos.
  • a crisp chicken taco

Examples

  • Later, over chicken tacos, my son grooved in his chair to the restaurant's salsa beat.

  • It's just spicy chicken, chicken Taco, chicken Taco, guys.

  • WAITER: Chicken taco.

    Donnie Brasco (1997)

  • We recommend the chicken tacos with rice and beans!

  • I made chicken tacos for dinner last night.

Synonyms

taco
vschicken taco
160 1.0

A folded tortilla filled with meat, beans, lettuce, or cheese

is specific to versions containing poultry as the filling

Surface Forms

chicken taco singular
chicken tacos plural

Morphology

chicken + taco

The meaning 'a taco filled with chicken' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'chicken' (the filling) with 'taco' (the food item). This type of noun-noun food compound is common across languages and follows a transparent modifier-head pattern that a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand.

Etymology

Chicken taco comes from the simple picture of a folded taco filled with cooked chicken and toppings. Because cooks often used chicken as an easy filling, the name simply tells you it is a 'taco' made with 'chicken'.