tostada
noun
Examples of tostada in a Sentence
Ceylan Yeğinsu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2024
The sparse menu — four meats served as tacos, quesadillas, tostadas and mulitas — was painted on the wall.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
Hurtado’s crossover menu offers items such as birria tacos and brisket tostadas.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2024
There also are burritos, tostadas and more — and the portions are huge.
—Jerry Rice, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
Most items like tostadas come with large portions of seafood, so come hungry or bring someone to share with.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
Cetina serves them now for every tostada on the menu; a dedicated tortilleria spends six hours making 150 raspadas a day.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
The current roster includes a bluefin tuna tostada ($12) topped with chipotle aioli and corn microgreens, and mahi-mahi aguachile bearing sesame seeds and a wakame seaweed salad ($15.50) about which Siegel raves.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2024
Chopped buttered lobster, charcoal fennel and cabbage slaw, coriander crema and chile arbol macha crowned a delicate tostada, which magically remained crispy to the end.
—The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2024
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Word History
Mexican Spanish tostada, from Spanish, feminine of tostado, past participle of tostar to toast, roast, from Late Latin tostare — more at toast entry 2
1925, in the meaning defined above
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“Tostada.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tostada. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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tostada
noun
Mexican Spanish tostada, a feminine form of tostado "fried," from Spanish tostado "toasted"
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