tostada

English

A tuna tostada (sense 2) dish in a Mexico City restaurant
Café con leche (coffee with milk) and tostadas (sense 3) in Puerto Rico

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish tostada.[1] Doublet of tostado.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tostada (plural tostadas)

  1. (often in the plural) A flat tortilla that has been fried or toasted, or a dish based on this, usually associated with the cuisine of Latin America.
    • 2008 February 3, Tatiana Boncompagni, “Tostadas to a Salsa Beat”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      A platter of chicken and octopus tostadas and two ceviches arrived at the table […] .
  2. (southern California) A bowl-shaped tortilla that has been fried and filled with various ingredients.
    Synonym: taco salad
  3. A Latin American toast (toasted bread).
    • 1995 April, Damien Simonis, Geoff Crowther, “The Rif Mountains”, in Morocco (A Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit), 3rd edition, Hawthorn, Vic.: Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, “The Mediterranean Coast & the Rif” section, page 176, column 1:
      The Marina and Vicentino restaurants are good places for a coffee and tostada (toasted sandwich) for breakfast.
    • 2013 April 2, Ingrid Hoffmann, “Sardine Antipasto Tostadas”, in Latin D’lite: Delicious Latin Recipes with a Healthy Twist, New York, N.Y.: Celebra, Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 44:
      Tostada means any bread—tortillas or sliced loaves—that has been toasted. Any leftover bread or tostadas can be used in Torrijas (page 29) or ground into bread crumbs.
    • 2018, Malcolm Coxall, “The Role of Baking in Spanish Society”, in Traditional Baking Recipes of Spain (Traditional Recipes of Spain; 4), Cornelio Books, →ISBN, section 1 (Introduction):
      A normal urban breakfast typically consists of a cup of coffee - and there are many combinations - which will often be accompanied by a tostada. A tostada is a slice of fresh bread, toasted and covered with jam, or tomato, olive oil and garlic purée, or ham and cheese.

References

  1. ^ “tostada | tostado, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Further reading

Portuguese

Participle

tostada f sg

  1. feminine singular of tostado

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tosˈtada/ [t̪osˈt̪a.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: tos‧ta‧da

Noun

tostada f (plural tostadas)

  1. toast (toasted bread)

Derived terms

Adjective

tostada

  1. feminine singular of tostado

Participle

tostada f sg

  1. feminine singular of tostado

Further reading

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