"tostado" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tostados [plural]
Etymology: From Spanish tostado. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|tostado}} Spanish tostado, {{!}} | Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tostado (countable and uncountable, plural tostados)
  1. (uncountable) Toasted corn kernels, eaten as a snack. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-tostado-en-noun-wsEU0skn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 37 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 38 13 6 0 5 6 6 0 9 9 2 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 11 5 0 4 5 5 0 7 7 2 4
  2. (uncountable, US, Southwest) Toast. Tags: US, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tostado-en-noun-k7gQHVsK Categories (other): American English
  3. (countable) Alternative form of tostada (“a fried corn tortilla”). Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable Alternative form of: tostada (extra: a fried corn tortilla)
    Sense id: en-tostado-en-noun-XnY-7TPr

Inflected forms

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