Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chile con queso

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.51 in modern English

Syllables: chile -con que-so
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A creamy sauce used as a dip, made from melted cheese and chili peppers.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Big Tony, who had been quietly puffing on his cigarillo at the door—no intruders here!—takes delivery of an impressive three-foot-high spray of flowers and very carefully walks over and deposits it square in the middle of a steam table, right in the rickety middle of hissing bowls of chile con queso and ominous-looking picante sauce."
"Bursting the bubble of a perfectly puffed tortilla smothered in chile con queso is the moment where anticipation meets realization in the Tex-Mex experience."
"If Tex-Mex is our state’s tribal nursery food—a truth that I hold to be self-evident—then chile con queso is our mother’s milk."

Etymology

From Spanish chile con queso (“chili with cheese”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: chile con queso

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

chili con queso (alternative)

Phrases

chili con carne chili cheese

Frequently Paired Words

chili con carne chili cheese

Synonyms

queso

Questions

What does chile con queso mean?: A creamy sauce used as a dip, made from melted cheese and chili peppers.
Where does chile con queso come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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