tostada
Americannoun
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tostadas
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of tostada
1935–40; < Mexican Spanish, noun use of past participle of Spanish tostar to toast 1
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One offers the architectural pleasure of a crunchy tostada tucked inside a warm tortilla; the other, the satisfaction of having arranged to eat vegetables without chopping any.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
We’ll order a dozen oysters, a scallop tostada and a little steak frites if we’re feeling cheeky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
It’s the cool slickness of a ceviche tostada.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
Meanwhile, the interior gets loaded with fajita-style chicken, housemade nacho cheese sauce and pico de gallo, a natural friend to any tostada.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
Bill Koontz was sitting at the counter tapping up tostada crumbs with his middle finger and licking them off when Joe and his people walked in.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
As a child in Northern California, he grew up eating tostadas with refried pinto beans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
The sparse menu — four meats served as tacos, quesadillas, tostadas and mulitas — was painted on the wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
It was weekend carnitas tacos, hallacas around Christmas time, toaster-oven tostadas after school and so much in between.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2023
From the family behind Fogon Cocina Mexicana comes the Capitol Hill bodega El Lugar and its 10-seat bar with tequila and mescal drinks along with tamales, ceviche and tostadas.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2022
We started with our makeup, applying eye shadow between bites of soup and tostadas.
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
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