taco

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taco¹

  • /ˈtɑkoʊ/ US
  • [ˈtʰɑkoʊ] US
  • /ˈtɐːkəʊ/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ˈtækəʊ/ UK
  • /ˈtakəw/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /ˈtako/ Scotland
  • /ˈtakoː/ Wales
  • [ˈtʰä(ː)ko(ː)] Canada
  • [ˈtʰako(ː)] Canada

Rhymes with -ɑːkəʊ, -ækəʊ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish taco, of uncertain origin; see the Spanish entry for more.

noun tacos

  1. A Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables, and salsa.
  2. US, slang The vulva. […] while grinding her pink taco into my groin as if trying to gain even more of my sizable ...

    Similar: pink taco

  3. US, slang A yellow stain on a shirt's armpit caused by sweat or deodorant.

verb tacos · tacoing · tacoed

  1. ambitransitive, slang To fold or cause to buckle in half, similar to the way a taco is folded. The boat tacoed — the front and rear bent in — and I was holding onto a strap on the frame, sitting more on the tube than the frame, and I was catapulted forward.

Taco²

phrase

  1. Alternative letter-case form of TACO; acronym of Trump always chickens out. This is the Taco theory: Trump Always Chickens Out. […] The key difference between this and the “Taco” theory is that the safe haven status of the US was never really in doubt; the world order was never on the cusp of a generational change.

TACO³

Where it comes from

Initialism.

noun TACOs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of transfusion-associated circulatory overload

TACO⁴

Where it comes from

Coined by journalist Robert Armstrong in 2025 for the Financial Times on May 2 in a newspaper column. Named after President of the United States Donald J. Trump

phrase Taco

  1. US, abbreviation, acronym, neologism Acronym of Trump always chickens out This is the TACO theory: ["]Trump Always Chickens Out," Armstrong wrote on May 2.

proper noun Taco

  1. US, derogatory, humorous, ironic, slang Nickname for Donald Trump (born 1946), President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025). Who Went To VIETNAM In TACO’S PLACE?

    Similar: DJT, The Donald, Trump, Cheeto, Dementia Don, Diaper Don, Dirty Donald, Donald Duck, Donald Trumpet, Don Snoreleone, Don the Con, Dozy Don

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: greaser, wetback, block, shell, conch, mussel, shim, cue, cab, overload, piece, surcharge, cone, trumpet, overloading, taku

Translations

Every language

noun Mexican snack food

Españoltaco
한국어타코 tako
日本語タコス takosu, タコ tako
中文玉米麵豆卷 /玉米面豆卷 yùmǐmiàn dòujuǎn, 墨西哥夾餅 /墨西哥夹饼 mòxīgē jiābǐng
हिन्दीटाको ṭāko
Portuguêstaco
Françaistaco
DeutschTaco
Ελληνικάτάκο táko
Русскийта́ко táko
العربيةتاكو tākū

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"taco." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/taco. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

taco. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/taco

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{taco_2026,
  title = {taco},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/taco},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}