huarache

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huarache

/wəˈrɑːtʃi/

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Borrowed from Mexican Spanish huarache, guarache, from Purepecha kwarachi (“sandal”).

noun huaraches · guarache · guarachi

A Mexican sandal. My shoes, damn fool that I am, were Mexican huaraches, plantlike sieves not fit for the rainy night of America and the raw road night.
A food similar in shape to such a sandal, consisting of a fried masa dough base with a topping, typically salsa, potato, meat, or cheese. They’re then ground into a homogeneous dough that holds whatever shape you choose to give it: thin circles for tortillas, thicker ones for gorditas and sopes, plump ovals for huaraches and triangles for black-bean stuffed tetelas.

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@misc{huarache_2026,
  title = {huarache},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/huarache},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}