taco
/ˈtako/, [ˈt̪a.ko]cue, taco
Noun taco m (plural tacos)
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(Mexico, cooking) taco
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peg (a short, thick piece of wood, metal, or other material)
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dowel (a longer piece of wood, plastic, or other material)
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stopper, plug, wad (small bundle of material made to cover, stop, or fill a hole)
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(Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay) heel (of a shoe)
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(sports) cue (a stick used to play billiards, snooker, pool, etc)
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(Chile) traffic jam
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(Spain) curse word, swear word
- Empezó a soltar tacos.
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He started swearing.
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(Spain, colloquial) a load, a lot
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(Spain, colloquial, in the plural) years of age
- Hoy cumplo veinticinco tacos.
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Today, I turn twenty-five years old.
Verb taco
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First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of tacar.
Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Examples
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Hay un taco en la autopista.
There is a traffic jam on the highway.
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