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Why is a taco called a taco?

Updated: 10/6/2023
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12y ago

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because of the tacos

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12y ago

Taco the Mexican and South American food was named after the Spanish word taco which means a "plug or wad" of filing for a hole. Kind of like what you have inside of a taco, a filling of foods.

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The chain was started by a man named Glen Bell. It was first called "Bell's Drive-In". He lived in Downtown Fort Laudedale, FL by the New River.

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12y ago

A taco is called a taco because it in the Hispanic language it is meant to be a plug or a wad. Witch means to feel a hole. A taco is meant for a light lunch.

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Arriving in the English language around 1949, this Mexican Spanish word meaning light lunchliterally means plug, wadding.

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The Spaniards named them the tortilla because they were similar to the the crisp circular fried cake known in the Spanish heritage as the tortillita.

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15y ago

PONYS PONYS

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