The word "tortilla" originated from the Spanish language.
The Tortilla Espanola, which in English means Tortilla, Spanish Omelets or Spanish Tortilla is a typical Spanish dish consisting of a think egg omelets made with potatoes and fried in olive oil. This is the national dish of Spain you can eat it as a tapa, for breakfast, in a sandwich or for dinner.
Spanish.
"Flauta" in Spanish can mean either a musical flute or a rolled and fried tortilla filled with meat or other ingredients, similar to a taquito.
Omelette (I remember asking for this in Burgos once, to incomprehension. I learned that what I should have asked for was 'tortilla de huevos' (plain omelette) or, in my case 'tortilla con queso' (cheese omelette)).
Spanish.
A tortilla star is the rising sun.
in spanish it means small torta
Tortilla is a word wich here means a non woven bread that is cooked on a flat plate or pan. Tortilla is a Spanish, Mexican word.
A Mexican tortilla is either made from mainly flour or corn and is a flat type of bread (pan). A spanish tortilla (Spain) is similar to the American omelette. There are several types of Spanish tortillas depending on what is placed in them, or there is a tortilla de patatas which is like a potato cake made from eggs and potatoes that is seasoned with usually either bacon, vegetables, onion or tuna.
Well! It does not even make any sense in Spanish!
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