# tortilla
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tortilla.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /tɔːˈtijə/, /tɔːˈti.ə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /tɔɹˈti.ə/, /tɔɹˈtijə/, [tɔɹˈtʰijə]
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːə

### Noun

tortilla (plural tortillas)
* (Mexican cuisine) A flat round bread made out of cornmeal or flour.
** 2001, Rafaela Castro, Chicano Folklore, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 230:From this dough are shaped small round forms, or a tortilla press can be used to more easily flatten many perfectly round, thin cakes. Tortilla machines, found all over Mexico and the Southwest, can produce hundreds of tortillas per hour.
* (Spanish cuisine) Spanish omelette; an omelette containing potatoes and onions.
** 2004, The Student Cookbook, Hachette UK, →ISBN:An authentic Spanish tortilla is traditionally made with just eggs, potatoes, onions, salt and pepper, but this version contains sliced red and green peppers for a bit of extra colour and flavour.

#### Derived terms

* tortilla chip

#### Translations
### Further reading

* tortilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* littoral

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtortilːɑ/, [ˈt̪o̞rt̪ilːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ortilːɑ
* Hyphenation: tor‧til‧la

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tortilla.

#### Noun

tortilla
* tortilla
* a tortilla-based dish; a burrito

##### Declension

Possessive forms of tortilla (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tortillani
tortillani
accusative
nom.
tortillani
tortillani
gen.
tortillani
genitive
tortillani
tortilloideni tortilloitteni tortillojeni tortillaini $^{rare}$
partitive
tortillaani
tortilloitani tortillojani
inessive
tortillassani
tortilloissani
elative
tortillastani
tortilloistani
illative
tortillaani
tortilloihini
adessive
tortillallani
tortilloillani
ablative
tortillaltani
tortilloiltani
allative
tortillalleni
tortilloilleni
essive
tortillanani
tortilloinani
translative
tortillakseni
tortilloikseni
abessive
tortillattani
tortilloittani
instructive
comitative
—tortilloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tortillasi
tortillasi
accusative
nom.
tortillasi
tortillasi
gen.
tortillasi
genitive
tortillasi
tortilloidesi tortilloittesi tortillojesi tortillaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
tortillaasi
tortilloitasi tortillojasi
inessive
tortillassasi
tortilloissasi
elative
tortillastasi
tortilloistasi
illative
tortillaasi
tortilloihisi
adessive
tortillallasi
tortilloillasi
ablative
tortillaltasi
tortilloiltasi
allative
tortillallesi
tortilloillesi
essive
tortillanasi
tortilloinasi
translative
tortillaksesi
tortilloiksesi
abessive
tortillattasi
tortilloittasi
instructive
comitative
—tortilloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tortillamme
tortillamme
accusative
nom.
tortillamme
tortillamme
gen.
tortillamme
genitive
tortillamme
tortilloidemme tortilloittemme tortillojemme tortillaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
tortillaamme
tortilloitamme tortillojamme
inessive
tortillassamme
tortilloissamme
elative
tortillastamme
tortilloistamme
illative
tortillaamme
tortilloihimme
adessive
tortillallamme
tortilloillamme
ablative
tortillaltamme
tortilloiltamme
allative
tortillallemme
tortilloillemme
essive
tortillanamme
tortilloinamme
translative
tortillaksemme
tortilloiksemme
abessive
tortillattamme
tortilloittamme
instructive
comitative
—tortilloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tortillanne
tortillanne
accusative
nom.
tortillanne
tortillanne
gen.
tortillanne
genitive
tortillanne
tortilloidenne tortilloittenne tortillojenne tortillainne $^{rare}$
partitive
tortillaanne
tortilloitanne tortillojanne
inessive
tortillassanne
tortilloissanne
elative
tortillastanne
tortilloistanne
illative
tortillaanne
tortilloihinne
adessive
tortillallanne
tortilloillanne
ablative
tortillaltanne
tortilloiltanne
allative
tortillallenne
tortilloillenne
essive
tortillananne
tortilloinanne
translative
tortillaksenne
tortilloiksenne
abessive
tortillattanne
tortilloittanne
instructive
comitative
—tortilloinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tortillansa
tortillansa
accusative
nom.
tortillansa
tortillansa
gen.
tortillansa
genitive
tortillansa
tortilloidensa tortilloittensa tortillojensa tortillainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
tortillaansa
tortilloitaan tortillojaan tortilloitansa tortillojansa
inessive
tortillassaan tortillassansa
tortilloissaan tortilloissansa
elative
tortillastaan tortillastansa
tortilloistaan tortilloistansa
illative
tortillaansa
tortilloihinsa
adessive
tortillallaan tortillallansa
tortilloillaan tortilloillansa
ablative
tortillaltaan tortillaltansa
tortilloiltaan tortilloiltansa
allative
tortillalleen tortillallensa
tortilloilleen tortilloillensa
essive
tortillanaan tortillanansa
tortilloinaan tortilloinansa
translative
tortillakseen tortillaksensa
tortilloikseen tortilloiksensa
abessive
tortillattaan tortillattansa
tortilloittaan tortilloittansa
instructive
comitative
—tortilloineen tortilloinensa :

##### Derived terms

* maissitortilla
* tortillalastu
* tortillalätty
* vehnätortilla

#### Further reading

* “tortilla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

tortilla
* adessive singular of tortti

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɔʁ.ti.ja/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

tortilla
* third-person singular past historic of tortiller

### Anagrams

* littoral

## Galician
### Etymology

From Spanish tortilla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /toɾˈtiʎa/

### Noun

tortilla f (plural tortillas)
* Spanish omelette, tortilla
* omelette
* (rare) tortilla

#### Synonyms

* (Spanish omelette) tortilla de patacas, tortilla española
* (omelette) tortilla francesa
* (tortilla) tortilla de fariña de trigo, tortilla de fariña, tortilla de trigo

#### Related terms

* tortillera
* tortillería

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tortilla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɔrˈti.ja/, /tɔrˈtil.la/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ija, -illa
* Syllabification: tor‧ti‧lla, tor‧til‧la

### Noun

tortilla f
* tortilla (flat round bread made out of cornmeal or flour)
* tortilla, Spanish omelette (molded omelette made with the addition of fried potatoes and often onions)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* tortilla in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* tortilla in PWN's encyclopedia

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish tortiella, diminutive of torta (“round flatbread”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /toɾˈtiʝa/ [t̪oɾˈt̪i.ʝa]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /toɾˈtiʝa/ [t̪oɾˈt̪i.ʝa]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /toɾˈtiʎa/ [t̪oɾˈt̪i.ʎa]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /toɾˈtiʃa/ [t̪oɾˈt̪i.ʃa]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /toɾˈtiʒa/ [t̪oɾˈt̪i.ʒa]
* Rhymes: -iʝa
* Rhymes: -iʝa
* Rhymes: -iʎa
* Rhymes: -iʃa
* Rhymes: -iʒa
* Syllabification: tor‧ti‧lla

### Noun

tortilla f (plural tortillas)
* (Spain and most Hispanic countries) Spanish omelette, tortilla (omelette)
    Synonyms: (Spain) tortilla de patatas, (Hispanic America, Canary Islands) tortilla de papas, tortilla española
* (Spain and most Hispanic countries) omelette
    Synonym: tortilla francesa
* (Mexico, Central America) tortilla (flatbread)
    Synonyms: tortilla de harina de trigo, tortilla de harina, tortilla de trigo

#### Derived terms

* tortilla payesa

#### Related terms

* tortillera
* tortillería

#### Descendants

* → English: tortilla
* → Finnish: tortilla
* → Galician: tortilla
* → German: Tortilla
* → Polish: tortilla

### Further reading

* “tortilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10