huarache
Americannoun
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huaraches
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of huarache
1885–90; < Mexican Spanish < Tarascan kwaṛáči
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Content creator Vivian Fabiola pointed out that while the shoe is labeled “Oaxaca,” its huarache design appears to be more closely tied to the state of Michoacán.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025
That and the huarache — a thick, oblong masa cake topped with carnitas, crema and queso fresco — are two of the items not normally offered on Gracia’s to-go menu.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2021
Cactus also garnishes the slender huarache flatbreads, which feature a variety of meats, including a beer-marinated steak so lush, it rivals tenderloin.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2016
Is Faith & Flower redeemed by the charred, crisp carnitas pizza, whose tart salsa verde really does make the pizza seem like an antojitos platform in the school of the huarache?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2014
On a hot September morning, I wake up in my childhood bed, slip on the huarache shoes my brother, Carlton, brought me back from Mexico.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
One May morning in 1961, 21-year-old Manuel Alvarado strapped on his huaraches, stuffed three changes of clothes and a thin blanket into a nylon tote bag and bid his parents farewell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
The Oaxaca Slip-On was inspired by traditional leather sandals known as huaraches made by Indigenous artisans in Mexico.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2025
Prices: Appetizers $2 to $15; quesadillas, tostadas, huaraches, enchiladas, tacos and entrees, $4 to $23.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022
Maybe I should’ve worn a more appropriate outfit than a free T-shirt, baggy Dickies shorts that went past my knees, and leather huaraches with tire-tread soles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2020
The deep cracks in the back of his heels were as black as the soles of his huaraches.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
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