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huarache

noun
/wəˈrɑːtʃi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish huarache, guarache, from Purepecha kwarachi (“sandal”).

  1. derived from kwarachi
  2. borrowed from huarache

Definitions

  1. A Mexican sandal.

    • My shoes, damn fool that I am, were Mexican huaraches, plantlike sieves not fit for the rainy night of America and the raw road night.
    • The huaraches he wore looked like dried and blackened fish lashed to the floors of his feet.

  2. A food similar in shape to such a sandal, consisting of a fried masa dough base with a…

    A food similar in shape to such a sandal, consisting of a fried masa dough base with a topping, typically salsa, potato, meat, or cheese.

    • They’re then ground into a homogeneous dough that holds whatever shape you choose to give it: thin circles for tortillas, thicker ones for gorditas and sopes, plump ovals for huaraches and triangles for black-bean stuffed tetelas.

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