guacamole
Americannoun
noun
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a spread of mashed avocado, tomato pulp, mayonnaise, and seasoning
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any of various Mexican or South American salads containing avocado
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of guacamole
1915–20; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl āhuacamōlli literally, avocado sauce; see avocado, mole 6
Explanation
Guacamole is an avocado-based dip that's served with tortilla chips at Mexican restaurants. You can often also order your burrito or taco with extra guacamole. Guacamole dates from at least the 1500s, when it was made by the Aztecs in Mexico. Guacamole is a Spanish word that's based on the Aztec language Nahuatl's ahuaca-molli, a combination of ahuacatl, "avocado," and molli, "sauce." In the United States, guacamole has surged in popularity over the last several decades, with avocados especially in demand right before Super Bowl Sunday and Cinco de Mayo.
Vocabulary lists containing guacamole
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They tricked image recognition systems into mistaking photographs of cats for guacamole, and found new ways of embedding inaudible Alexa commands into five-second snippets of classical music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
She said: "I had a cheese fountain, salsa, guacamole, jalapenos, the chips. I had the whole works. I love it."
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Pratt goes to the restaurant often enough that Smith said his favorite order is crispy tacos and guacamole, and that he prefers the tequila brand Komos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026
There’s an order from my local taqueria: a small bag of chips, a small plastic cup of guacamole, and two medium-sized burritos totaled $52.18.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2026
“Holy guacamole, that was a close one,” Velia said, jumping off the back of the wagon and walking around as if her legs were going to give out from under her.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
He even wrote an entire book dedicated to unusual guacamoles, “Frontera: Margaritas, Guacamoles and Snacks.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 2, 2015
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