tabasco
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tabasco¹
Where it comes from
See Tabasco.
noun tabascos
- Alternative letter-case form of Tabasco (hot sauce). Robbie adores it when Heather puts tabasco on food.
- A tabasco pepper. Louisiana is a major producer of tabascos.
Tabasco²
- /təˈbæskəʊ/
Where it comes from
Of unclear origin. The first definition listed in the 1994 Diccionario enciclopédico de Tabasco was from the Nahuatl name of the area, tlapalco meaning "(place of) damp earth"; wetlands are still extensive in the Mexican state of Tabasco. Other opinions listed were Mayan word tab-uaxac-koh, meaning "(our) lord of eight lions"; others suggest it derives from a Nahuatl word: tla-uashka-ko meaning "place that has an owner", or tlapachtli.
The tabasco pepper was popular in the Mexican state and is named for it; a hot sauce made from that pepper was eaten in the state since the 1650s, and a version was popularized in the United States and elsewhere by the McIlhenny Company of Avery Island, Louisiana, beginning in the 1870s.
proper noun
- A state of Mexico.
- A surname.
noun
- A spicy pepper sauce made from tabasco pepper (a chili pepper) with the addition of vinegar and salt.
Translations
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noun hot sauce
| Ελληνικά | ταμπάσκο tampásko |
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noun spicy pepper sauce
| 한국어 | 타바스코 소스 Tabaseuko soseu |
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| 日本語 | タバスコ Tabasuko |
| 中文 | 塔巴斯科辣椒醬 /塔巴斯科辣椒酱 Tǎbāsīkē làjiāojiàng |
| हिन्दी | टबैस्को ṭabaisko |
| Ελληνικά | σάλτσα ταμπάσκο sáltsa tampásko |
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