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# tortilla

noun (a tortilla, tortillas)

«tortilla» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A tortilla is a thin, flat, round bread made from maize (corn) or wheat flour, from Mexico, used for tacos, wraps and burritos. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tortilla/#m1)
2. In Spain, a tortilla is a thick omelette made with eggs and potatoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tortilla/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life it is a common food in school lunches, wraps and Mexican-style meals. In geography and food lessons it shows how food words travel and change between countries. Phrases: tortilla wrap, tortilla chips, corn tortilla, Spanish tortilla.

### Examples

- I had a chicken wrap in a tortilla for lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tortilla/#x1)
- Tortilla chips are cut from tortillas and fried. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tortilla/#x2)
- Warm the tortillas in a dry pan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tortilla/#x3)
- In Spain, my aunt made a tortilla with eggs and potatoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tortilla/#x4)
- A taco is a folded tortilla with filling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tortilla/#x5)
- Corn tortillas have been eaten in Mexico for thousands of years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tortilla/#x6)

### Note

Countable: one tortilla, two tortillas. Said tor-TEE-ya; the double l sounds like y. Trap: a Spanish tortilla is not the same as a Mexican tortilla.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tortilla» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tortilla/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tortilla» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tortilla.html) on Mova free.