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tlacoyo

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From Mexican Spanish tlacoyo, from Nahuatl tlahtlaōyoh.

noun tlacoyos

A Mexican dish consisting of a fried and stuffed masa cake. When it opened in 2018, Suerte was one of the few restaurants in the country making masa from heirloom varieties of corn and using it to make tortillas, tlacoyos, tlayudas, tamales and taquitos.

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@misc{tlacoyo_2026,
  title = {tlacoyo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tlacoyo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}