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fajita

/fəˈhiːtə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.07 in modern English

Syllables
fa-ji-ta
IPA
/fəˈhiːtə/
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Tex-Mex dish of strips of spicy marinated meat and/or vegetables in a soft flour tortilla, often served with salad or a savoury filling.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin fascia Aragonese faixabor. Spanish faja Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Spanish -ito Spanish -ita Spanish fajitabor. English fajita From American Spanish fajita, diminutive of faja (“strip, band”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /fəˈhiːtə/
  • British English: /fəˈhiːtə/

Inflected Forms

fajitas (plural)

Derived Forms

Fajitagate

Rhymes With

rita meta anita margarita greta cheetah peta nikita lolita pita juanita kita

Questions

How do you pronounce fajita?
The recorded pronunciation is /fəˈhiːtə/.
What does fajita mean?
A Tex-Mex dish of strips of spicy marinated meat and/or vegetables in a soft flour tortilla, often served with salad or a savoury filling.
Where does fajita come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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