huarache

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English

Some huaraches (food) being prepared.

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish huarache, guarache, from Purepecha kwarachi (sandal).

Noun

huarache (plural huaraches)

  1. (footwear) A Mexican sandal.
    • 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 2, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 1:
      My shoes, damn fool that I am, were Mexican huaraches, plantlike sieves not fit for the rainy night of America and the raw road night.
  2. (cooking) A food similar in shape to such a sandal, consisting of a fried masa dough base with a topping, typically salsa, potato, meat, and/or cheese.
    • 2023 July 7, Rick A. Martínez, “For the Best Tortillas (and Gorditas and Tetelas), You Need Fresh Masa”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
      They’re then ground into a homogeneous dough that holds whatever shape you choose to give it: thin circles for tortillas, thicker ones for gorditas and sopes, plump ovals for huaraches and triangles for black-bean stuffed tetelas.

References

  1. ^ David Gold, Studies in Etymology and Etiology

Spanish

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Purepecha kwarachi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /w̝aˈɾat͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -atʃe
  • Syllabification: hua‧ra‧che

Noun

huarache m (plural huaraches)

  1. (Mexico) sandal
  2. (Mexico) a Mexican dish made of masa topped with various foods, usually including beans, nopales and salsa

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