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2006-07-17 20:03:06 · 17 answers · asked by kayla 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
thank you all for answering my question :)
2006-07-18 06:04:19 · update #1
TOR - TEE -YUH
In Mexico the unleavened bread made of "Maseca" Corn Meal flour, native to most of the central american indian tribes. and still used as a bread staple in most countries from Mexico to Panama. (further south the same or similar bread is called an AREPA).
Also the same flat bread made of wheat flour. (used mainly as a breakfast food, and for your typical TEX-MEX fajitas and burritos)
A thicker version of these is called a "GORDITA DE HARINA or GORDITA DE MAIZ" depending on if it is wheat or corn flour.
In Spain (Europe) TORTILLA is the word used for omelette
and is also the diminutive of TORTA which is a type of round bread (sweet or savoury)..
Omelettes in Spain are usually made in a round shape...
Presumably when the Conquistadores arrived in America in the 16th. century, they at first thought the natives were eating omelettes because of the resemblance in shape...hence giving it the name tortilla in spanish.
2006-07-20 14:36:57 · answer #1 · answered by abuela Nany 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm American and I can say that we have slaughtered the mother tounge. However in our defense.... when we moved over here to the New World, we had a proper way of speaking and over the years and miles of land between familys and towns... we got inventive! How about some of the 'hillbilly' accents? "hi ya'll!" some of these conjure up images of very ignorant folk, and the truth be known... these are some of the most clever and wise of us! A country boy will survive is really true.
2016-03-26 22:24:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tor teeya
2006-07-17 20:06:25 · answer #3 · answered by freddyboy74 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tor tea yuh
2006-07-18 02:15:51 · answer #4 · answered by The Squirrel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "ll" (double L) is a y sound, as in yes. Tor-tea-ya
2006-07-18 02:23:40 · answer #5 · answered by Adriana 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"tor ti ja"
It is a spanish language term for several different dishes,
Mexican and Mesoamerican terms, an unleavened bread
2006-07-17 23:47:10 · answer #6 · answered by Handsome 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's pronounced "Tor-tea-a".
2006-07-17 20:07:56 · answer #7 · answered by Ellen J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, can't put any extra hyphenated characters here.
So plz visit this link.... you can also hear the word.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Tortilla
2006-07-17 20:07:41 · answer #8 · answered by laclockiecelestialle 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The "o" is long and the "ll" is more of a "y" sound.
So, "tore"-"tea"-"ya" would be the correct pronounciation.
2006-07-17 20:08:19 · answer #9 · answered by L S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it is tore - tee - ya accent on second sylable.
2006-07-17 20:06:55 · answer #10 · answered by h2odog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋