quesadilla

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quesadilla

/ˌkeɪ̯səˈdiː(l)jə/ UK
[ˌkʰeɪ̯səˈdiː(l)jə] UK
/ˌkeɪ̯səˈdiːjə/ UK
/ˌkeɪ̯səˈdijə/ US
[ˌkʰeɪ̯səˈdijə] US

Rhymes with -iːə

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Borrowed from Spanish quesadilla.

[Alt: Slices of a quesadilla piled on top of one another]

noun quesadillas

A Mexican dish made by filling a tortilla with cheese and sometimes other ingredients and then cooking it until the cheese is melted.
A Salvadoran pan dulce made with rice flour and queso duro blanco and topped with sesame seeds. In the Salvadoran bakery, the quesadilla is king, whether cut into squares from a cake tray or baked into discus-sized round coffee cakes.

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@misc{quesadilla_2026,
  title = {quesadilla},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quesadilla},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}