fajita
Americannoun
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a thin strip of marinated and grilled meat.
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(used with a singular or plural verb) Usually fajitas a Tex-Mex dish of these strips, served with tortillas, salsa, etc.
Etymology
Origin of fajita
First recorded in 1975–80; from Latin American Spanish: literally, “little sash,” diminutive of Spanish faja “belt, strip, band” (originally dialect or from Catalan ), from Latin fascia “band, bandage”
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The air smelled perpetually of tortilla chips, and the soundtrack was an agreeable mixture of Matchbox Twenty and sizzling fajita platters.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
And hoo, hoo, hoo boy do we have a sizzlin’-hot fajita platter of an economy!
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2023
But when I would go to my favorite Tex-Mex spot, I HAD to get the refried beans and Spanish rice, all smashed on my tortilla building the perfect fajita bite.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2022
Hot takes are boring, so forgive me for serving up this sizzling fajita plate of an edict, but the Beatles are overrated.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2021
“Point me to the biggest Applebee’s in the world, where I bet they serve two fajitas when you order one; where I bet the shrimp fajita isn’t any more expensive than the chicken.”
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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