Tabasco en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /təˈbæskəʊ/
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Etymology
Of unclear origin. The first definition listed in the 1994 Diccionario enciclopédico de Tabasco was from the Nahuatl name of the area, tlapalco meaning "(place of) damp earth"; wetlands are still extensive in the Mexican state of Tabasco. Other opinions listed were Mayan word tab-uaxac-koh, meaning "(our) lord of eight lions"; others suggest it derives from a Nahuatl word: tla-uashka-ko meaning "place that has an owner", or tlapachtli. The tabasco pepper was popular in the Mexican state and is named for it; a hot sauce made from that pepper was eaten in the state since the 1650s, and a version was popularized in the United States and elsewhere by the McIlhenny Company of Avery Island, Louisiana, beginning in the 1870s.
Meanings
- (uncountable) A spicy pepper sauce made from tabasco pepper (a chili pepper) with the addition of vinegar and salt.
Deriveds
Translations (17)
nn tabaskosaus (spicy pepper sauce) · fi tabascokastike (spicy pepper sauce) · sv tabasco (spicy pepper sauce) · nb tabasko (spicy pepper sauce) · cmn 塔巴斯科辣椒醬 /塔巴斯科辣椒酱 (spicy pepper sauce) · sv tabascosås (spicy pepper sauce) · ur ٹبیسکو (spicy pepper sauce) · pl tabasco (spicy pepper sauce) · nn tabasko (spicy pepper sauce) · el σάλτσα ταμπάσκο (spicy pepper sauce) · nb tabaskosaus (spicy pepper sauce) · id tabasco (spicy pepper sauce) · ko 타바스코 소스 (spicy pepper sauce) · hi टबैस्को (spicy pepper sauce) · ja タバスコ (spicy pepper sauce) · yue 辣椒仔 (spicy pepper sauce) · mr टबास्को (spicy pepper sauce)