What does the food taco mean in spanish?

Answer 1

The word 'taco' means 'wad' in Spanish. If you have ever seen a 'campesino' eat beans with corn tortillas, you know that the typical practice is to take the tortilla in hand, use it to grab up a portion of beans from bowel or plate, ensure against dripping, and immediately insert it in the mouth. (Yum!) That combination of beans and tortilla can properly be called 'taco' because it is simply a 'wad' of food. Individually prepared 'tacos,' as they are typically sold, are an accommodation to and embellishment of the above-described eating practice. Etymologically, contributing to the use of the word is the notion that a 'taco' can also refer to a 'wad' shoved down a cannon barrel. The similarity between the two activities is not lost on Spanish speakers.