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- noun Plural form of
torta .
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Examples
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Not sure, but I think one problem with NY tortas is that you need proper bolillo.
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Avocados go with everything: they are a key additive to the delicious tortilla soup, a layer in the Mexican multi-level sandwiches known as tortas and - last but not least - they are the basis of that most famous of Mexican dips - guacamole.
BBC News - Home 2011
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I ate seven pork tacos, three grilled-beef tacos, two chorizo quesadillas, and two fluffy Mexican sandwiches (called tortas) stuffed with avocado, salsa and crispy shards of pork.
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I ate seven pork tacos, three grilled-beef tacos, two chorizo quesadillas, and two fluffy Mexican sandwiches (called tortas) stuffed with avocado, salsa and crispy shards of pork.
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In the great yard, numbers of men and horses were walking round and round upon the "tortas," tarts or pies, as they are called, consisting of powdered ore mixed with water, so as to form a circular bed of mud a foot deep.
Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern Edward Burnett Tylor
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Xoco Rick Bayless's new quick-service restaurant, specializing in Mexican street foods such as tortas, churros, empanadas, and hot chocolate.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Rick Bayless's new quick-service restaurant, specializing in Mexican street foods such as tortas, churros, empanadas, and hot chocolate. by Mike Sula, Julia Thiel, David Hammond and Anne Spiselman
Chicago Reader 2010
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Two blocks away at the taco truck Taqueria El Rincon (8819 14th Ave S, in the 76 parking lot), tacos will set you back just $1.29 (the al pastor, slightly sweeter than most, has a strange allure) and huge tortas with piles of meat, avocado and pickled jalapenos are just $4.75.
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We would rather have tortas at 20 pesos from the guy around the corner from our house.
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We would rather have tortas at 20 pesos from the guy around the corner from our house.
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