Cheetos

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Cheetos

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A brand name, presumably from cheese, with an ending matching other brands of Frito-Lay Inc. (Doritos, Fritos, Tostitos), from Spanish frito (“fried”).

noun Cheeto

plural, plural normally A snack made from pieces of crunchy, cheese-flavored extruded cornmeal, originally from the US, now distributed globally.

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Español	cheeto, cheto, chisitos, chizito

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"Cheetos." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cheetos.

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@misc{cheetos_2026,
  title = {Cheetos},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cheetos},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}