Tostada is an English word with synonyms like dish or tortilla. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Tostada meaning
- A flat tortilla that has been fried or toasted, or a dish based on this, usually associated with the cuisine of Latin America.
- A bowl-shaped tortilla that has been fried and filled with various ingredients.
- A Latin American toast (toasted bread).
Using Tostada
- The main meaning on this page is: A flat tortilla that has been fried or toasted, or a dish based on this, usually associated with the cuisine of Latin America. | A bowl-shaped tortilla that has been fried and filled with various ingredients. | A Latin American toast (toasted bread).
- Useful related words include: dish, tortilla.
Context around Tostada
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tostada
- In this selection, "tostada" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, corn, elote, serve, bar, umami and con stand out and add context to how "tostada" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a crunchy tostada and cheese corn tostada umami with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tostada" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tostada
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I know I really want Sharples’s tostada bar back. (10 words)
Tostada refers to a green, unripe plantain which has been cut into sections, fried, flattened, fried again, and salted. (19 words)
The flavor profile is described as nacho cheese, corn tostada, umami with a hint of acidity that would work best in a margarita or bloody mary. (26 words)
Hundreds of cafes in Madrid serve tostada con tomates (toast and grated tomato) and coffee, but join the locals at this one, near Colon, where it’s £1.70 and a clean start to what could be a heavy day of tapas. (42 words)
When someone says mariscos, the first dish that comes to mind is usually ceviche, fish or shrimp or other seafood cooked in lime juice and typically served with diced vegetables on or next to a crunchy tostada. (37 words)
Stacked enchiladas with elote tostada and a side of house chips and salsa are complemented with a strawberry, jalapeño and verde margarita at Cantina Verde in Green Mountain Falls. (29 words)
Example sentences (6)
I know I really want Sharples’s tostada bar back.
The flavor profile is described as nacho cheese, corn tostada, umami with a hint of acidity that would work best in a margarita or bloody mary.
Stacked enchiladas with elote tostada and a side of house chips and salsa are complemented with a strawberry, jalapeño and verde margarita at Cantina Verde in Green Mountain Falls.
Hundreds of cafes in Madrid serve tostada con tomates (toast and grated tomato) and coffee, but join the locals at this one, near Colon, where it’s £1.70 and a clean start to what could be a heavy day of tapas.
When someone says mariscos, the first dish that comes to mind is usually ceviche, fish or shrimp or other seafood cooked in lime juice and typically served with diced vegetables on or next to a crunchy tostada.
Tostada refers to a green, unripe plantain which has been cut into sections, fried, flattened, fried again, and salted.